Afghans ‘we want peace from the world’ demonstrate in Athens

ATHENS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Afghans marched to the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, making a plea to the international community for peace and holding banners reading, “Afghanistan is bleeding” and “hands off our land.” Following the Taliban’s takeover of the country earlier this month, US troops have begun…

Covid-19: Police, protesters clash as thousands march against curbs in Berlin

Police confront a protester during a demonstration against coronavirus policies in Berlin on Saturday BERLIN, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police clashed with protesters as thousands of people marched through Berlin on Saturday chanting slogans and waving banners against COVID-19 restrictions. Some demonstrators tried to get past barricades to the government…

Thousands of Americans protest curbs on minority voting rights in US

Demonstrators hold up signs at a voting rights protest outside the US Chamber of Commerce Headquarters WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Washington, Houston, Atlanta and other US cities to protest against laws in several Republican-led states that critics say will…

Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida nears US Gulf Coast

 NEW ORLEANS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Owners were boarding up their shops and evacuations were underway as Hurricane Ida was on a path to hit New Orleans 16 years to the day the southern US city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. A handful of people were still on New Orleans…

Covid-19: African leaders renew calls for vaccine equity at Berlin summit

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor BERLIN, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African leaders attending a summit in Germany renewed calls for Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers, saying the decision would allow countries access to affordable jabs.Africa has administered the least vaccines of any continent while some richer countries have inoculated nearly their entire…

DR Congo: Goma rallies to demand end to killing of journalists

Some of the journalists at a vigil in Goma GOMA (DR Congo), Aug 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Dressed in black, dozens of journalists gathered in Goma to pay tribute to fellow pressmen murdered in the last four months in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces.Two journalists have been murdered in eastern…

Burkina Faso vows major security changes after deadly attack

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Burkina Faso said that it would overhaul its security forces to cope with a six-year militant insurgency that has claimed more than 1,400 lives and forced 1.3 million people from their homes.The government will “review the structural and…

DR Congo arrests former health minister over missing COVID funds

KINSHASA, Aug 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The former Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo Eteni Longondo was placed Friday under provisional arrest for alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, prison and government sources said.“The former Minister of Public Health, Dr. Eteni Longondo,…

Hundreds of migrants blocked from crossing into Spain

The over 350 migrants were unsuccessful in trying to cross the fence MADRID, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 350 migrants tried unsuccessfully early Saturday morning to cross the fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla, a Spanish government spokesman said.The Spanish border guards were alerted around 5:30 am…

Covid-19: ICU nears capacity, more mandates imposed as US sees new high cases

Healthcare workers hand out Covid-19 tests at Long Beach, Los Angeles NEW YORK, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Intensive care units (ICU) at hospitals are reaching their capacity in more states, and more mandates of vaccine and mask are being placed across the United States, as the COVID-19 pandemic claimed new…