Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Protest against abuses in Tigray region held at UNHCR’s Geneva HQ

300 protesters gathered in Geneva in front of the United Nations headquarters GENEVA, Sept 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Around 300 protesters gathered in Geneva in front of the United Nations headquarters to call for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict.The protest came as the UN…

Nigeria faces growing cholera outbreak, Covid cases

Cholera bacteria ABUJA, Sept 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria is seeing one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years, with more than 2,300 people dying from suspected cases as the West African nation struggles to deal with its impact alongside the coronavirus pandemic.A total of 69,925 suspected cholera infections had been…

AfCFTA Secretariat signs landmark agreement with UK Government

The AfCFTA is headquartered in Accra, Ghana ACCRA (Ghana), Sept 15 (NNN-GNA) — The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom (UK) Government to formalise shared commitment to the success of the agreement.A statement issued by the UK High…

Burkina Faso rescues 374 children from traffickers

Last year, 2,318 children were intercepted through checks on buses OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Burkina Faso authorities rescued 374 children between January and March from being trafficked to neighbouring countries to work in agriculture or small-scale mines, government figures released showed.“For some time now, this phenomenon affecting children has…

Djibouti prez, 74, undergoing medical checks due to ‘lack of rest’: government

Campaign signboards of Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti president DJIBOUTI, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ismail Omar Guelleh, the Djiboutian president has been reported ill but the Minister of Foreign Affairs says it is as a result of fatigue and not as bad as it is being made to seem.“President Ismail Omar…

Mexican ex-cartel boss jailed for 28 years

Mexican former cartel boss Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, seen here after his arrest in 2014 MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican court has sentenced former drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, who headed one of the country’s leading cartels, to 28 years in prison, prosecutors said. The 58-year-old, known as “El…

Haiti Prosecutor says evidence links Prime Minister to President’s killing

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s chief prosecutor said that there was evidence linking the acting prime minister to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and prohibited him from leaving the country until he answers questions about it. Last week, the prosecutor issued a police summons for the prime minister, Ariel…

Tunisian president rejects dialogue with ‘traitors’

TUNIS, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said he would not do deals with those he described as “traitors”, an apparent reference to the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, the biggest in the suspended parliament. Ennahda has called for a national dialogue to find a way forward after Saied…

US ex-presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees

Former US Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and  Bill Clinton WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three former US presidents – Republican George W Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent…

Extreme weather will cost US more than US$100 billion this year: Pres Biden

GOLDEN (Colorado, US), Sept 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said that extreme weather events would cost the United States over US$100 billion this year, as he visited Colorado to highlight drought conditions and raging wildfires in the US West. Colorado was his last stop on a three-state western swing in which…