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 ILLINOIS (US), Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Illinois judge ordered the extradition of a teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during demonstrations in August in…

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 former Special Anti Robbery Squad (Sars) has started its second day of sitting. The chair of the panel, Doris Okuwobi, has said that they have been “inundated with so many…

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 be held either in late May or early June 2021. The elections were to be held in August this year but were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The board…

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 out of 220 parliamentary seats declared so far, reports Mwananchi newspaper.There are 264 constituencies in total.Tanzanians also voted for their president in the general election on Wednesday.Tanzania’s electoral commission has…

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 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast citizens cast their ballots in a largely peaceful presidential vote on Saturday but opposition calls to disrupt or boycott the process causedpockets of unrest in…

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 what would be a global first. Some 45,000 medical workers, army and police are being deployed to carry out the tests in the EU member state of 5.4 million people,…

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, approved a report that recommends a lawsuit against outgoing right-wing President Jeanine Añez for genocide and other alleged crimes. The report, submitted by a parliamentary commission, alleges that Añez and…

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 million more children and teenagers. The government is allocating Universal Child Allowance, which amounts to 30 billion pesos (some US$ 383 million), to expand the program. The allowance contributes 3,540…

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 lockdown rules from Monday, closing non-essential businesses and restricting household visits. “These are last-chance measures if we want to get the figures down,” said Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, warning…

Thousands stage anti-France protests in Bangladesh, Pakistan over cartoons

Protesters in South Asia have condemned Macron’s support for the Charlie Hebdo cartoons DHAKA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Muslims in South Asia vented their fury at France and torched an effigy of President Emmanuel Macron over his recent remarks on Islam, with tens of thousands flooding the streets. Smaller anti-France…