Bolivia gets ready for regional elections

LA PAZ, March 6 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (Uniore) ‘s mission arrived in Bolivia on Friday to monitor the departmental elections Sunday, March 7. The Union’s mission representative Pamela San Martín said that “on behalf of Uniore, 12 people from seven member countries are present and…

Mexico: Gangs are likely to influence in elections in 7 states – Security Secretariat

MEXICO CITY, March 6 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Rodriguez reported on seven states where there is a higher risk of organized crime interference in June’s subnational elections. Morelos, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Sinaloa, and Jalisco are the states where there are risks of pressures and…

Ecuador’s interior minister quits over deadly prison riots

United Nations representatives had called for ‘a prompt and impartial investigation’ into the most recent deadly prison riot QUITO, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of recent simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead. “It is my own personal decision to…

Car bomb explosion kills at least 20 in Somalia’s capital

MOGADISHU, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car bomb explosion caused at least 20 deaths and dozens of injured on Friday in  Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the authorities reported. It said 30 others were injured. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack via radio Andalus. The suicide car bomb exploded…

Covid-19: Cuba’s Soberana-2 vaccine starts phase 3 trials

The Cuban government has announced that Soberana-2 will commence Phase III trials on 44,000 participants in March HAVANA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba on Thursday started phase 3 clinical trials of its Soberana-2 COVID-19 vaccine, Vicente Verez, director general of Cuba’s Finlay Institute of Vaccines, told a press conference. “We…

Germany faces tough questions as nuclear exit nears

GUNDREMMINGEN (Germany), March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Bavarian village of Gundremmingen is so proud of its nuclear power station that its coat of arms is graced with a giant golden atom. But change is coming to the village, with the plant facing imminent closureunder Germany’s energy transition policy. Former village…

Two suspected Syrian war criminals on trial in Germany for execution of government soldier

Two Syrian war criminals on trial in Germany DUSSELDORF (Germany), March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Syrian men went on trial in the German city of Dusseldorf on Thursday for an alleged war crime.The defendants, aged 35 and 43, allegedly took part in the execution of a lieutenant colonel of Syrian…

Sudan receives COVAX doses, set to start vaccine rollout next week

KHARTOUM, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan will begin vaccinating health care workers followed by people aged 45 or older with chronic conditions for free next week after becoming the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to benefit from COVAX facility vaccines.Sudan received 828,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-produced…

Number of Africans in extreme poverty could rise to 514 million in 2021 – UN

COVID-19 will push an additional 5 to 29 million below the extreme poverty line ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (NNN-GNA) — The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could further exacerbate Africa’s extreme poverty as a total of 514 million Africans are projected to fall…

Covid-19: Virus kills fewer African women than men – WHO study

ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more likely to succumb to maternal complications due to limited access to reproductive services since the pandemic started, the UN said citing reports. A study of 28 African countries including Guinea,…