Covid-19:Many Africans wary of vaccination amid ongoing misinformation – AU

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa to be skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council,…

Dozens of endangered penguins killed by bees in South Africa

The African penguin is listed as endangered by the International Union CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town. The birds were found dead on Friday on the beach at Boulders, a popular tourist…

Dozens hospitalized after Kenya school fire

Some students were hospitalized and are undergoing treatment NAIROBI, Sept 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — About 40 students were hospitalized after inhaling smoke following a fire that gutted a dormitory at the Ofafa Jericho high school in Kenya’s Nairobi county.“Most of the students were taken to hospital, they were attended to and…

UK Police seek info on Nigerian boy killed for rituals in London 20 years ago

The young boy’s lifeless body was found in River Thames, London LONDON, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The police in the United Kingdom have appealed for fresh information 20 years after officers discovered the severed body of a boy believed to be a Nigerian.The young boy is believed to have been…

UN chief urges US-China dialogue, warns of divisions

  UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the United States and China to engage in dialogue, warning of an increasingly divided world.    “I fear our world is creeping towards two different sets of economic, trade, financial and technology rules, two divergent approaches in the…

Biden renews offer to ‘return to full’ nuclear deal ‘if Iran does the same”; Iran wants lifting of all sanctions

  UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States would return to the Iranian nuclear deal in “full” if Tehran does the same.   He said the United States was “working” with China, France, Russia, Britain and Germany…

Covid-19: Delta overwhelming other variants of concern, says WHO

  GENEVA, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Delta has all but elbowed out the three other Covid-19 variants of concern, which now represent a tiny fraction of the samples being sequenced, the WHO said.   “Less than one percent each of Alpha, Beta and Gamma are currently circulating. It’s really predominantly…

Sudan government says foiled coup attempt linked to Bashir regime

  KHARTOUM, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s fragile transitional government said it foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday involving military officers and civilians linked to the ousted regime of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.    Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the coup attempt was the “latest manifestation of the national crisis”, in reference to…

Update: More evacuations as lava gushes from Canaries volcano

LA PALMA (Spain), Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lava gushing from the Canary Islands’ first volcanic eruption on land in 50 years has forced authorities to evacuate another part of El Paso municipality on the island of La Palma and to urge sightseers attracted by the phenomenon to stay away. People…

Russians gather to mourn victims of campus shooting spree

Russians gathered outside a university in the city of Perm where the shooting took place PERM (Russia), Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shocked and grieving Russians gathered outside a university in the city of Perm on Tuesday after a student went on a campus shooting spree, killing at least six people and…