Outrage in South Africa over police brutality in Nigeria

Several #ENDSARS protestors in Nigerian have been killed PRETORIA, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people took to the streets in South Africa to voice outrage at the shooting of peaceful demonstrators in Nigeria. Africa’s most populous country has faced growing unrest as a protest over brutality by a Nigerian…

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga to be sent to The Hague, instead of Arushia

UN prosecutors accuse the former tea and coffee tycoon of importing machetes for Hutu militias ARUSHA (Tanzania), Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United Nations judge ordered that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who has been in a French jail since May, be sent to a detention unit in The Hague…

Possible 3rd term for Guinean president as opposition cries fraud

Alpha Condé is president of Guinea CONAKRY, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Preliminary results of Guinea’s weekend election for four of the country’s 38 voting districts released by electoral commission chief Kabinet Cisse showed a strong lead for current president Alpha Condé who is seeking a controversial third term. Kabinet Cissé,…

UN acting Libya envoy ‘optimistic’ on ceasefire talks

GENEVA, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations’ acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday she was “quite optimistic” that ongoing talks between the warring sides would lead to a lasting ceasefire after they agreed to reopen land and air routes across front lines. Speaking midway through week-long talks, Stephanie Williams…

Child labour rising in Ghana and Ivory Coast’s cocoa farms – US-funded study finds

Children doing hazardous work has gone up in the world’s top cocoa producers ACCRA/ABIDJAN, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast during the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, academics said on Monday, largely supporting earlier…

US charges Russians with cyber attacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine’s power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced on Monday. The six GRU agents were also accused of staging…

Russia hits record daily rise in COVID-19 cases, Moscow says no need for tough restrictions

MOSCOW, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia hit a record daily high of 15,982 coronavirus infections on Monday as the authorities in the capital Moscow said they would not introduce strict restrictions to contain the rapidly-spreading virus. Russian authorities also reported 179 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the official…

Exiled former Pres Morales says will return to Bolivia after ally’s election victory

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales LA PAZ, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exiled former president Evo Morales signalled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce’s sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday’s election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph…

Covid-19: Spain’s regions tighten measures as one million case milestone looms

MADRID, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several Spanish regions toughened their coronavirus restrictions, seeking to curb a second wave of contagion that looks set to drive the country with Western Europe’s highest case load above one million infections this week. Authorities in the northern region of Castile and Leon announced they…

French police raid extremist groups after teacher’s beheading

Police officers in front of a middle school after a teacher was decapitated in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine PARIS, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French police have conducted a series of raids targeting extremist networks, three days after the beheading of a history teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Interior Minister…