US shooting: Police identify suspect killing 3 in Texas capital

Police cordon a downtown area following a shooting incident in Austin, Texas AUSTIN (Texas, US), April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Austin police are looking for 41-year-old Stephen Nicholas Broderick as the suspect in the shooting that left three people dead Sunday afternoon in an Austin, Texas apartment. Police, fire and EMS…

Russia sends warships for manoeuvres amid tension in eastern Ukraine

MOSCOW, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Amid renewed tension in eastern Ukraine, Russia has sent 15 warships to the Black Sea for a manoeuvre.They passed through the Kerch Strait on the Crimean peninsula on Saturday, the navy said, according to the Interfax news agency.It was not initially said how long the…

Covid-19: Peru’s ex-president Vizcarra barred from politics for 10 years over early jab

Peru’s Former President Martin Vizcarra LIMA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s former president Martin Vizcarra was banned from holding a public office for ten years because he was vaccinated against coronavirus last year before he was eligible.Peru’s Congress imposed the ban on Vizcarra, who led the country from 2018-2020, after…

Covid-19: Libya kickstarts vaccine drive

Libyan medics administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to elderly members of the community TRIPOLI, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya kicked off its coronavirus vaccine drive in the capital Tripoli over the weekend.At some health centres, there were queues of people waiting for their shots.Some 430 centres have been approved across…

Zimbabwe commemorates 41st Independence Day

President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa HARARE, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe commemorated its 41st Independence Day on Sunday with low key celebrations amid the coronavirus pandemic.Most activities will be held virtually in accordance with COVID-19 prevention measures.Formerly known as Rhodesia, the southern African country gained independence as Zimbabwe on April…

Cape Verde holds parliamentary election

Cape Verde Prime Minister Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva PRAIA, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Cape Verde held parliamentary elections on Sunday, with ruling party Movement For Democracy (MpD) pitted against its main challenger, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV). A cluster of 10 volcanic islands 570 km…

Uganda will fully reopen when 4.4m people get Covid-19 jabs – President

Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni KAMPALA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Museveni has said the government will open up the remaining closed economies after vaccinating at least 80 per cent of the vulnerable groups.He said his scientists have confirmed new coronavirus variants from South Africa, United Kingdom, and Nigeria, which,…

Chad elections: Pres Deby takes early lead, partial results show

Chadian president Idris Deby Itno N’DJAMENA, April 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chad President Idriss Deby has taken a strong early lead and appeared poised to extend his three-decade rule, partial provisional results of the April 11 presidential election released by the election commission showed.Deby has won a majority in all but…

Covid-19: Bolivia officially requests to buy Cuba’s Soberana 02 vaccine

The Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Integration of Bolivia, Benjamín Blanco, made official the Government’s intention to buy the anti-COVID-19 Soberana 02 vaccine candidate from Cuba. Blanco, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Health Insurance, Alejandra Hidalgo, met with the Chargé d’Affaires of the Cuban embassy, Danilo Sánchez, to finalize actions…

Brazil: Food insecurity hits 125 million amid covid-19 crisis

BRASILIA, April 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — At least 125.6 million Brazilians have not eaten in appropriate quantity and quality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest data by the Food for Justice Research Group. Based at the Free University of Berlin, the project measured the levels of…