Covid-19: Shock in Germany after cashier shot dead in mask row

A sign reading “Mask mandatory, cover your mouth and nose!” hangs on a lamp post in front of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) at Neumarkt square in Dresden, eastern Germany FRANKFURT, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany reacted with shock and outrage after a 20-year-old petrol station worker was shot…

Sudan state media report ‘failed’ coup attempt

Sudanese protesters gather outside the main entrance to the southern port in Port Sudan KHARTOUM, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Sudanese authorities reported a coup attempt on Tuesday by a group of soldiers but said the attempt failed and that the military remains in control. Sudan’s state-run television called on the public “to counter”…

Update: Trudeau to begin third mandate in minority government

OTTAWA, Sept 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Canada’s Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau is to continue his third mandate as prime minister in his second minority government. Trudeau’s party has won 156 seats of the House of Commons in the 44th general election, followed by the Conservative Party with 121 seats, Bloc…

Covid-19: Germany to offer vaccines to children in early 2022 – health minister

BERLIN, Sept 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Germany would likely offer COVID-19 vaccines to children under 12 in early 2022, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn said. Spahn said he expected authorization to use the vaccine in this age group to come in the first quarter of next year. “Then we could…

Kosovo-Serbia border tension: Kosovo deploys police as Serbs protest

Serbia does not recognise its former province of Kosovo as a separate state PRISTINA/BELGRADE, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tensions have soared at the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Kosovo deployed additional police to implement a rule to remove Serbian license plates from cars entering Kosovo, while Serbs protested the…

After four found dead, Poland blames Belarus, Russia for migrant wave

Polish border guard officers stand next to a group of migrants stranded on the border WARSAW, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Poland accused Russia and Belarus of orchestrating a wave of illegal immigration at its land border, a day after four migrants were found dead at its Belarusian frontier.“We’re dealing with…

Thousands evacuated after volcano erupts on Spain’s Canary island

New eruptions continued into Sunday night MADRID, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma have evacuated thousands of people after a volcano erupted on Sunday with lava flows destroying isolated houses and threatening to reach the coast.The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute reported the initial…

France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic for complicit in anti-French campaign

Numerous witnesses and NGOs claim that these paramilitaries are fighters from Russi PARIS, Sept 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — France suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic “complicit” in an anti-French campaign.The French military ministry said that it considered the Central African…

English-speaking rebels attack kill 15 soldiers, civilians in western Cameroon

Cameroon is battling a raging isurgency in the southwest and north west English-speaking regions YAOUNDE, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen soldiers and several civilians have died in two attacks in English-speaking western areas of Cameroon in the grip of a breakaway campaign, the defence ministry said.Heavily armed “terrorists” ambushed a…

We will not yield… Conde is and remains in Guinea’ – Junta to ECOWAS

Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya met with Ivorian leader Alassane Ouattara in Conakry CONAKRY, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea’s military leaders say they will not let deposed President Alpha Conde seek exile, after regional mediators attempted to mount pressure to secure his release following a coup earlier this month.The statement came…