UK bird flu outbreak leads to mass turkey cull

LONDON, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 10,000 turkeys will be culled at a British farm after a bird flu outbreak was confirmed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The flu was identified among 10,500 rearing turkeys at a farm in northern England, Defra said, with all…

French police face charges over black music producer Michel Zecler’s beating

In this file video grab shows producer Michel Zecler being beaten up by police officers PARIS, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four French police officers should face charges over the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer, Paris’s top prosecutor said, an incident that intensified controversy over a new…

Ethiopia unrest: Tigray hospitals flooded with trauma patients after PM Abiy declares victory

A map of Eritrea and Ethiopia locating Mekele ADDIS ABABA, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hospitals in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region faced an influx of trauma patients, an aid group said, after federal troops claimed control of the city and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said fighting was over. Abiy…

US Pres-elect Biden fractures foot playing with his pet dog

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said after the 78-year-old was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog. Biden, who will become the oldest US president…

WHO warns malaria fight has stalled as 400,000 died last year

GENEVA, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health Organization said, with more than 400,000 people once again estimated to have died from the disease last year. In its World Malaria Report 2020, the WHO said progress against the mosquito-borne disease was…

Outgoing US Pres Trump says will not ‘change my mind’ on election fraud claims

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicated that he will never concede to Joe Biden and abandon his conspiracy theory about mass ballot fraud. “It’s not like you’re gonna change my mind. My mind will not change in…

US Pres-elect Biden names all-female senior communications team

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden announced an all-female senior White House communications team, what his office called a first in the country’s history. Among those named was Jen Psaki, who will serve in the highly visible role of White House press secretary. Psaki, 41, has held…

Kenya to protect underwater historic locations

A scuba diver admires fish at the seabed NAIROBI, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya is set to ratify the Unesco 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage as it seeks to build an underwater museum, a first in sub-Saharan Africa.The Cabinet has approved the adoption of the…

Covid-19: Rwanda shelves plans to increase RwandAir fleet

Rwanda has put on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir KIGALI, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda says it is putting on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir mainly due to the impact of COVID-19 on business.The additional planes were to enable RwandAir…

Nigeria: Seven killed in fresh inter-community attacks in Kaduna state as military killed 5 Boko Haram militants

KADUNA (Nigeria), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — No fewer than seven persons were said to have been killed in a fresh inter-community violence which erupted in Nigeria’s Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.The incidents occurred between Saturday and the early hours of Sunday, a government statement said.Four persons sustained injuries,…