Three in custody in France following Nice attack
People light candles outside the basilica in Nice where a knife attacker killed three people PARIS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
US unrest: Judge rules teenager should return to Wisconsin to face shooting charges of two protesters
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin…
Nigerian #EndSARS panel ‘inundated with many cases’
LAGOS, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s Lagos state judicial panel looking into accusations of abuse made against members of the…
Ethiopia electoral body proposes to hold elections in May
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s national electoral board has proposed that general elections…
Tanzania’s ruling party wins 99% of declared seats so far
DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Incomplete results from Tanzania’s parliamentary election show Tanzania’s ruling party has won 218…
Voting ends in tense Ivory Coast presidential election
The vote is seen as a test of stability as 30 people have been killed in pre-election violence ABIDJAN, Nov…
Covid-19: Slovakia begins mass testing in global first
BRATISLAVA, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Slovakia begins a programme to screen its entire population for coronavirus with antigen tests in…
Bolivia’s congress recommends lawsuit against out-going conservative interim president Jeanine Añez
LA PAZ, Oct 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Bolivia’s Congress, controlled by the socialist party of the former indigenous President Evo Morales,…
Argentina extends social welfare coverage to one million more children
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine President Alberto Fernandez signed a decree that extends social welfare coverage to one…
Covid-19: Belgium imposes ‘more severe’ nationwide lockdown to combat outbreak
BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Belgium, the country with by some measures the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, will impose tighter…