Mexican election candidate launches campaign from coffin

CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico), April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin Tuesday to highlight the country’s many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence. Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate for the Encuentro Solidario party in the northern state of…

Covid-19: Brazil’s daily death toll surpasses 4,000

BRASÍLIA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time Tuesday, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicenter of the pandemic. The coronavirus claimed 4,195 lives in the…

EU official, in Ankara visit, urges Turkey to ease disputes in the Mediterranean

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets EU Prez Charles Michel and Prez Ursula von der Leyen ANKARA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European Council President Charles Michel called on Turkey to keep working to resolve disputes with Greece and Cyprus over gas rights in the Mediterranean as he visited Ankara on Tuesday…

More violence in Northern Ireland despite appeals for calm

A car was set alight in Sperrin Park in the Waterside area of Londonderry BELFAST, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Violence has broken out on the streets of Northern Ireland again, despite appeals for calm.A car was set alight in Sperrin Park in the Waterside area of Londonderry, while there were…

Covid-19: Haiti has no single dose of coronavirus jabs yet

A Haitian health department employee scans the body temperature of an incoming travellers PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a year into the pandemic, Haiti has no single COVID-19 vaccine for its over 11 million population.This has raised concerns among health experts of the well-being of Haitians as political instability in…

Libya: Italian PM Mario Draghi in Tripoli in first overseas trip as leader

Mario Draghi and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah TRIPOLI, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya on Tuesday received the Italian prime minister Mario Draghi in what is the Italian premier’s first trip outside Italy. Draghi met with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli on Tuesday.The meeting comes as Italy tries to reassert…

Covid-19: Tanzania to re-evaluate its position on pandemic, says Pres Samia

President Samia Suluhu Hassan DAR ES SALAAM, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said that she intends to form a committee of experts to professionally evaluate the COVID-19 pandemic so as to advise the government on the way forward.“On the issue of COVID-19, I think I should form a…

Three-way talks over Ethiopian dam fail in Kinshasa – Statements

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam KINSHASA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt and Sudan said that the latest round of talks with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Kinshasa have ended with no progress made.Delegations from the three countries were meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo hoping to…

Gunmen raze police HQ in southeast Nigeria, a day after freeing 1,800 prisoners

File photo of an attack on another police HQ in Imo State ABUJA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State.The gunmen broke into the station on Tuesday evening, shooting sporadically before burning the facility.It was learnt that the…

Covid-19 lays bare social inequality, warns UN chief

UNITED NATIONS, April 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — The COVID-19 crisis “has revealed how unequal our societies are,” said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message released for the World Health Day. Highlighting the inequalities and injustices that have been apparent throughout the pandemic, the UN chief said in his message…