Uganda: Electoral Commission urged police not to block, disrupt presidential campaigns

KAMPALA, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s Electoral Commission has urged police to stop blocking or disrupting presidential campaigns ahead of the Jan 14, 2021 polls.In a letter to Martins Okoth Ochola, Inspector General of Police, Simon Byabakama, Chairperson of the electoral body, said the Commission has received complaints from some…

Burkina Faso election: Pres Kabore urges dialogue as opposition vows to appeal vote results

Kabore offered an olive branch to the opposition OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 28 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré,  declared to have won the presidential election by the electoral commission, offered an olive branch to the opposition, which has criticised the election as flawed.“I will deploy all my efforts…

Zimbabwe: At least 40 miners trapped after disused gold mine collapse, 6 rescued

HARARE, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 miners in Zimbabwe are trapped underground after a shaft in a disused gold mine collapsed, the country’s miners’ federation said.The incident occurred late Wednesday in the town of Bindura, around 70 kilometres north of the capital Harare, said Wellington Takavarasha, head of…

Tripoli community rebuilds school damaged by Libya fighting

The Martyrs’ School is one of around 100 schools fully or partly destroyed TRIPOLI, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At the Martyrs’ School near Tripoli, teachers and parents are using the limited means at hand to repair buildings devastated by a year-long battle for the Libyan capital.Some of the walls have…

Cyprus rocky testing ground for Mars

NICOSIA, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International and Cypriot experts discussed a research project to test space equipment on theMediterranean island before sending it to Mars to measure the age of itsrocks, officials said. Planetologists and geologists arrived in Cyprus earlier this month to testout the equipment in the Troodos mountains,…

Covid-19: War-hardened general to lead Canada’s vaccination effort

OTTAWA, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A general who led NATO’s mission in Iraq as well as Canadian troops in Afghanistan and Bosnia will spearhead efforts to immunise most Canadians against the novel coronavirus by September 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced. “This will be the biggest immunisation in the history…

Deported Mexican migrants dream of change under Biden

MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauricio Lopez was deported to Mexico after spending most of his life in the United States. Now he hopes against the odds that Joe Biden’s administration will let him return. The 26-year-old English teacher is one of thousands of migrants known as“dreamers” who as…

Update: Ethiopian federal army claims advance on several rebellious Tigray towns

Fighting has forced people in Tigray to flee over the border into Sudan ADDIS ABABA, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s military claims it has seized control of several towns in the northern region of Tigray. The army has been locked in conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) for weeks. Lieutenant-General Hassan…

Brexit: EU negotiator Barnier arrives in UK for face-to-face talks

Michel Barnier at St Pancras railway station in London  LONDON, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK and EU resumes face-to-face Brexit trade talks in London this weekend, as negotiators race to reach a deal before a looming deadline. It comes after EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier left a period of self-isolation after…

Black lives matter: Paris police officers suspended over beating of black music producer

Music producer, named only as Michel, spoke to reporters outside the National Police General Inspectorate in Paris  PARIS, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) —French authorities have suspended three police officers after they were seen on video beating up a black music producer in central Paris. The incident on last Saturday has prompted a fresh…