Brazil: 58 cities cancel Carnival 2022 over COVID-19 fears

SAO PAULO, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 58 cities in southeast Brazil’s states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais have decided to cancel Carnival 2022 celebrations for fear of COVID-19 outbreaks, local press reported. The famous Brazilian festival was cancelled in 2021 amid the second wave of COVID-19 infections…

Brazil violence: 8 bodies found near Rio de Janeiro favela after shootout during police operation

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Eight bodies were discovered near the Salgueiro favela in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region a day after a shootout during a police operation, according to local authorities. The bodies were found in a mangrove after members of the Military Police’s Special Police…

Nigerian police rescue 24 kidnapped people in northwest region

ABUJA, Nov 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian police confirmed on Tuesday 24 kidnapped people, including five students, had regained their freedom during recent search and rescue operations by security operatives in the country’s northwest state of Zamfara. Ayuba Elkanah, police chief in Zamfara state, said at a press briefing in the…

At least 12 killed in eastern DR Congo attack

Some local groups said the death toll was higher KINSHASA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed rebels have killed at least 12 people during an attack on displaced civilians in the northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson said.Fighters from the Cooperative for the Development of…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: International alarm grows over escalating Ethiopia war

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International alarm mounted over the escalating war in Ethiopia as Tigrayan rebels claimed to be edging closer to the capital Addis Ababa and…

UN Libya mediator quits weeks before planned election: Diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, NOV 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis is stepping down, diplomats said, less than a year after he took up the role and a month before planned elections in the country. The United Nations is informally suggesting veteran British diplomat Nicholas Kay as a…

EU vows unity on Belarus as Poland flags more border incidents

WARSAW/STRASBOURG, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people stranded on the European Union’s eastern border represent an attempt by Belarus to destabilise the bloc, rather than a migrant crisis, and as such call for a coordinated response, the head of EU executive said. Ursula von der Leyen told the European…

US to release 50 million barrels of oil from reserves after OPEC+ rebuffs call for more crude

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, US WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it would release 50 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves in a coordinated move with China, India, South Korea, Japan and…

Child injured in US Christmas parade crash dies, taking toll to six: Prosecutor

A red SUV is seen speeding through the holiday parade crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin, from the city’s Facebook Live on Nov 21 WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A child injured when a car ploughed into a Wisconsin Christmas parade has died, taking the toll from the tragedy to six, a local prosecutor said…

Covid-19: Kenyan Government gives 20 million a month to get vaccinated

Less than 10% of Kenyans have been vaccinated  NAIROBI, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyans will be barred from bars, restaurants and public transport from 21 Dec if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe says. The measures are aimed at increasing the rate of vaccinations ahead…