Covid-19: No pay for unvaccinated civil servants in Zimbabwe

VP Constantino Chiwenga receives his COVID-19 jab HARARE, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will not allow unvaccinated government employees to access their offices following the lapse of the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination deadline on Friday, a circular showed.President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is trying to encourage more people to get vaccinated to…

Nigeria: Bandits attack Zamfara community, kill 12 residents

Dozens of people have been confirmed dead following the attack of bandits on the Zamfara community ABUJA, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 12 persons have been killed in an attack by bandits who invaded Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate in Zamfara State.This was made known by the Police…

Russian crew to return to Earth after filming first movie in space

Russian actress Yulia Peresild spent 12 days on the International Space Station MOSCOW, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. If the…

Czech car sector to make 250,000 fewer vehicles this year due to chip shortage

Cars parked in the courtyard of Skoda Auto’s factory in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic PRAGUE, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Czech car makers will produce quarter a million fewer cars than expected this year due to the global shortage of chips and the automotive sector will lose 200 billion crowns (US$9.14…

Winter Games: Beijing flame to be lit in a vacuum in Olympia

The Olympic flame will be lit in front of an audience limited to the members of the International Olympic Committee, the Greek and Chinese Olympic committees as well as the president of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and vaccinated media personnel ATHENS, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  The Olympic flame will once again…

Pan-African film festival opens in Burkina Faso amid COVID19 and security challenges

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africa’s premier film festival opened in Burkina Faso with a colourful ceremony showcasing choreography, and acrobatic and musical acts from some of the continent’s biggest names, including Senegalese Grammy nominee Baaba Maal. With a backdrop of Islamic militant attacks in the Sahel West African nation…

Sudan: Protesters demand military coup as crisis deepens

Support for the transitional government has slumped in recent months amid economic woe  KHARTOUM, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opponents of Sudan’s transition to democracy took to the streets of Khartoum to call on the army to take control of the country. Several thousand demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace as…

Covid-19: Frustrated and weary over long pandemic hours, more US workers are striking

  NEW YORK, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers andentertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.   If they fail to reach agreement…

Covid-19: Russia’s daily death toll at record high as vaccination programme stalls

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia reported a record 1,002 deaths from coronavirus on Saturday, the first time the daily number has passed the 1,000-mark since the start of the pandemic. New COVID-19 cases, confirmed in the past 24 hours, were at 33,208, setting a record for the fifth consecutive…

Covid-19: US administers 407.4 million doses of vaccines – CDC

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has administered 407,446,961 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday morning and distributed 494,918,755 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Thee figures are up from the 406,570,875 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Oct 15 out…