Two soldiers killed by bomb in Burkina Faso’s southeast

 OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two soldiers were killed when their motorcycles ran over a homemade bomb in southeast Burkina Faso on Monday, the latest attack in a region previously spared the jihadist violence of thenorth.   The West African country has faced increasingly frequent and deadly attacks by jihadists…

Fifteen kidnapped Nigerians escape jihadist captors

 KANO (Nigeria), Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six women and nine children kidnapped by jihadists from Christian communities in Nigeria’s northeast have escaped their captors, walking for six days through the bush to freedom, anofficial said Monday.   The 15 hostages were seized separately from the farming villages of Takulashi in…

Top UN court to rule on bitter Kenya-Somalia border spat

 THE HAGUE, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top court will rule in a bitter border dispute between Somalia and Kenya on Tuesday, delivering a verdict with potentially far-reaching consequences for bilateral ties and energy extraction in the region. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), is to give its final…

US: Two dead as small plane hits houses in California

LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A small plane crashed into a residential area of a California city on Monday, killing at least two people as a blaze devoured two houses and several vehicles.   Aerial footage showed firefighters hosing down the charred remains of the residences in Santee, a…

Thousands of US hospital workers vote to strike

With strikes authorised, elected union leaders can tell workers to walk out at any time SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in US states Oregon and California gave a green light Monday to call a strike should contract talks fail. Sticking…

New Tunisian PM announces lineup of gov’t

Najla Bouden Romdhane speaks during a ceremony at the Carthage Palace in Tunis TUNIS, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — New Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane announced on Monday the lineup of her government, said the Tunisian Presidency. Bouden and members of her cabinet took the oath in front of President…

Alar Karis sworn in as president of Estonia

Alar Karis takes the oath of office as the new president of Estonia at the inauguration ceremony in Tallinn TALLINN, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — Alar Karis took the oath of office here on Monday as the new president of Estonia. At the inauguration ceremony held in the country’s Parliament (Riigikogu),…

Russian nationalists ransack slain Kremlin critic’s memorial to protest US visit

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian nationalists ransacked a makeshift memorial to slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in central Moscow early on Monday to protest against the start of a visit by a senior US official, an act of vandalism condemned by opposition activists. Nemtsov, a critic of President Vladimir Putin,…

Covid-19: Pressure mounts in Italy to dissolve neo-fascist group after anti-vaccine riots

Far-right groups are thought to be behind violence at ‘No Green pass’ protests in Rome ROME, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s government was under growing pressure to dissolve the Forza Nuova neo-fascist group involved in violent weekend protests against a government drive to make the COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for…

Madagascar prays for rain as UN warns of ‘climate change famine’

AMBOASARY SUD (Madagascar), Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some days, all Tsimamorekm Aly eats is sugary water. He’s happy if there’s a handful of rice. But with six young kids and a wife to support, he often goes without. This is the fourth year that drought has devastated Aly’s home in…