Burkina Faso: 14 soldiers killed in attack

OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen soldiers were killed after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso in one of the worst attacks on the army during a five-year-old insurgency, thegovernment said. The attack took place Wednesday in the country’s north, near the borderwith Mali and Niger, and came…

US election: ‘No evidence’ of lost or changed votes, as Trump claims – officials

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senior US federal and state election officials said that there was “no evidence” that votes were lost orchanged, or voting systems corrupted, in the presidential election. The officials, responsible for election security across the country,rejected claims made by President Donald Trump and Republicans that fraud…

US election: State Department preventing Pres-elect Biden from accessing congratulatory messages from foreign leaders

Joe Biden WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing him from accessing them, according to State Department officials familiar with the messages.Traditionally, the State Department supports all communications for…

Argentina president self-isolating over possible virus exposure

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez BUENOS AIRES, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez said he was self-isolating due to possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.In a post on Twitter, Fernandez said that he was a “close contact” of Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency Gustavo Beliz, who tested…

US election: Pope Francis congratulates Pres-elect Joe Biden

Pope Francis is the latest in a long list of world leaders who have acknowledged Biden’s victory WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis became the latest in a string of world leaders congratulating Joe Biden on his projected victory in the 2020 election, even as President Trump and a…

Kenya beats South Africa to be named Africa’s leading tourist destination

Kenya has been ranked as the leading tourist destination in Africa NAIROBI, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s tourism sector has been showing massive growth in the last decade, rising to become the second-largest foreign exchange earner for the country despite recent terrorism threats and other incidents of insecurity. Also, the…

African airlines urged to take decisive measures to remain resilient: AFRAA

African Airlines Association LUANDA, Nov 13 (NNN-GNA) — The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has made a rallying call on airlines operating in Africa to take decisive measures to build resilience and emerge stronger after the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants at the AFRAA’s 52nd General Assembly Meeting held virtually, called on African governments to adopt…

Nigeria probes protesters under terror-financing law

Nigeria is investigating prominent participants in recent protests against police brutality ABUJA, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria is investigating prominent participants in recent protests against police brutality for possible violations of a law against financing terrorism.A filing by the Central Bank of Nigeria in a federal court in Abuja asking…

Kenya to co-produce films with China to boost creative sector

An official from Kenya Film Commission signs a Memorandum of Understanding with a Chinese company in Nairobi NAIROBI, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya plans to co-produce three films with China to boost the creative sector, a government official said.Timothy Owase, Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Film Commission (KFC) said that…

Covid-19: Maritime trade to rebound in 2021 from virus impact, says UN

GENEVA, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global maritime trade should recover next year after tanking by 4.1 percent in 2020 owing to the coronavirus, a UN agency forecast. “The pandemic has sent shockwaves through supply chains, shipping networks and ports, leading to plummeting cargo volumes and foiling growth prospects,” the United…