Morocco names new government, keeps foreign, interior ministers

King Mohammed VI has final say on all major decisions, while the new government’s main task will be to implement a development model that the palace has commissioned RABAT, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI named a new government on Thursday after last month’s election, keeping the foreign…

Ex-Nazi guard, 100, refuses to discuss atrocities at trial

Presiding judge Udo Lechtermann (3rd R) and other judges are pictured before the opening of a trial against defendant Josef S (L) sitting next to his lawyer Stefan Waterkamp (2nd L) in Brandenburg an der Havel, northeastern Germany BRANDENBURG AN DER HAVEL (Germany), Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 100-year-old former…

Nigeria rescues nearly 200 kidnap victims in northwest

Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 200 kidnap victims during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense forests in the country’s northwest, police said ABUJA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian security forces have rescued nearly 200 kidnap victims during raids on camps of criminal gangs in dense forests in…

Outgoing German Chancellor Merkel pays farewell visit to Rome, meets PM Draghi

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi welcomes visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Rome, Italy ROME, Oct 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi thanked outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel for playing a “decisive role” in shaping the future of the European Union (EU). His remarks came at the conclusion…

Covid-19: Legal challenge to France’s health pass is thrown out

STRASBOURG, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a legal challenge to the French government’s Coronavirus regulations, deeming the case inadmissible.The French health passport certifies that a person has recovered from the coronavirus, has been fully vaccinated or has got a negative test result…

Covid-19: Tanzania to release stats on weekly basis – Govt

Tanzania launched mass vaccinations in late July with J&J vaccines DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tanzanian government has said that Covid-19 statistics will be made public on a weekly basis, and urged the public to adhere to the recommended prevention methods against the coronavirus.Tanzania submitted the latest…

Tanzania sets US$21.7 million for construction of fishing harbor

PM Kassim Majaliwa DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian government has set aside 50 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 21.7 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of a fishing harbor, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has said.Majaliwa said the fishing harbor will be built along the Indian Ocean’s coastal district…

UK travel red list cut to just seven countries

LONDON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says. South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at their cost for 10…

France to send ambassador back to Australia amid Aukus row

 PARIS, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France will send its ambassador back to Australia to “redefine” relations, after Canberra reneged on a deal to buy French submarines and sparked a row. Last month, Australia formed the Aukus security pact with the US and the UK – aimed at maintaining Western influence…

NATO studying ‘options’ to bolster Africa anti-jihadist force: UN Sec-Gen

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadist violence has cost thousands of lives, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.   The North Atlantic Treaty…