Gunmen kill at least 32 in Ethiopia inter-ethnic ‘massacre’: national rights body

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An armed group active in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region killed at least 32 civilians in a weekend “massacre”, the national rights body said Monday, adding that the true toll could be higher. “Official figures state a death toll of 32 civilians, but preliminary evidence…

Austria: Gunman on the run after Vienna ‘terror attack’ leaves two dead

VIENNA, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna on Monday, killing at least two people and wounding several more in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a “repulsive terror attack”, with a huge manhunt under way for the assailants. One of the gunmen…

Covid-19: US hits record-high 80,000 average daily cases

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a record-high 80,000 average daily increase of COVID-19 cases in the country, a new record of average daily cases since the onset of the pandemic. The seven-day average daily cases and deaths have been on…

US presidential election: Biden leads in polls but battlegrounds tight

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrat Joe Biden leads in the national polls and most of the battleground states going into Election Day but President Donald Trump is insisting they’re wrong and he’ll repeat his upset victory of 2016. Biden, the 77-year-old former vice president, has enjoyed a solid lead…

Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia restart Nile mega-dam talks

Sudan’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasir Mohamed (centre) in a video meeting KHARTOUM, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia kicked off another round of talks over Addis Ababa’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile, waters critical to the two downstream nations. The week-long negotiations, held via…

Algerian constitutional reform approved on record low turnout

Charfi had earlier announced turnout of just 23.7 per cent ALGIERS, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerians approved a revised version of the North African country’s constitution with two-thirds of votes cast, the electoral commission said, after record low turnout in the previous day’s referendum. The Sunday vote had widely been…

Tanzania elections: Pres Magufuli receives winner’s certificate in Dodoma

President Magufuli displays his certificate of victory in Dodoma DODOMA (Tanzania), Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has received the winner’s certificate in Dodoma following his victory in last Wednesday’s elections. In his speech after receiving the certificate, the president said he is indebted to Tanzanians as…

Covid-19: Spain’s funeral homes strike demanding more workers as cases rise

Spain, like many European nations, is seeing a surge in the number of coronavirus cases MADRID, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Staff at funeral homes in Spain have gone on strike to demand more workers as coronavirus deaths continue to rise. Unions say more staff are needed to prevent the delay in…

Covid-19: Europe imposes new curbs as exasperation, anger grows

BERLIN, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany led a further tightening of coronavirus restrictions in Europe that have triggered anger andfrustration across the continent. The virus has infected more than 46 million people worldwide, with closeto 1.2 million deaths, and the acute outbreaks in Europe and America sparking further alarm about…

Morocco: 3-year drought casts shadow over prime farming land

RABAT, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Parched fields stretch as far as the eye can see on plains overlooking Agadir in southwestern Morocco, as precious water resources are diverted from the drought-hit agricultural heartland to households. “These trees are nearly 20 years old — they’re dead, there is no longer any…