Sec-Gen Guterres thanks member states for keeping UN operations in Afghanistan going

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked several member states for helping keep UN operations in Afghanistan going as the country is facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis. “I can tell you that the secretary-general is indeed very grateful for the generosity of member states,…

Venezuelan gov’t, opposition talks show sovereignty, independence: electoral council

CARACAS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ongoing talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition group are an expression of the country’s sovereignty and independence, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) said as negotiations resumed in Mexico. “Dialogue, political understanding, peace, diversity and pluralism define these negotiations,” the CNE said in a…

Covid-19: Africa’s cases surpass 7.84 mln – Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 7,844,232 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across…

Covid-19: US cases reach new daily high – CDC

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The current seven-day moving average of daily new cases in the United States was over 150,000, up 4.9 percent from the previous week, according to the latest weekly report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The current seven-day moving average was…

Kremlin slams Ukraine-US friendship as opposition to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky MOSCOW, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow has criticized the relationship between Ukraine and the United States after a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.“They are friends not because of each other, but against Russia,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to…

Date set for Bulgaria’s presidential vote despite government crisis

SOFIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarians are to vote for a new president on Nov 14, despite an ongoing government crisis, parliament said.The decision was backed by a majority of 152 lawmakers with no dissenting votes.President Rumen Radev’S five-year term expires on Jan 22.Radev, a former fighter jet pilot and…

DR Congo government says 12 people died after Angola mine tailings leak

Government banned people from drinking water and eating fish from the Tshikapa River KINSHASA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve people died and 4,400 fell sick in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a tailings leak from the Catoca diamond mine in Angola in July, the DRC’s environment…

Cholera epidemic kills more than 100 people in Niger

A woman getting water from a pond infected with cholera NIAMEY, Sept 4 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A cholera epidemic has killed 104 people in Niger among 2,874 patients reported in six regions of the country, including the capital Niamey, the Ministry of Health announced Friday.On Aug 19, the ministry had reported…

Worst Tripoli fighting in a year tests Libya ceasefire

Conflict between the armed groups would undermine the prospect of elections TRIPOLI, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting broke out in Tripoli early on Friday between rival armed forces, witnesses said, the heaviest clashes in the Libyan capital since the conflict between eastern and western factions paused a year ago.A resident…

Nigeria shuts down all school in two states over rising abductions; more restrictions imposed

A deserted classroom at the Government Girls Secondary School ABUJA, Sept 3 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Four state governments in northern and central Nigeria have imposed a series of restrictions on residents in a bid to stop mass kidnappings and other violent crimes plaguing the region.Gangs of criminals known locally as bandits…