South Sudan: Ruling party sued for not appointing women to top posts

JUBA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of activists in South Sudan have taken the ruling party, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), to the Supreme Court for what they call a “violation” of women’s constitutional rights. They accuse the party of not respecting the constitution and provisions of the September…

Ethiopia: 28 civilians and attackers killed in fresh ethnic-related violence

Fourteen perpetrators who were alleged to have carried out the attacks were also killed ADDIS ABABA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen civilians have been killed in fresh attacks in the western Ethiopian state of Benishangu-Gumuz, according to the authorities. Fourteen perpetrators who were alleged to have carried out the attacks…

Acquitted Kenya Westgate attack suspect abducted, allegedly by security personnel

Liban Abdullahi Omar was found not guilty on terrorism charges on Wednesday NAIROBI, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A suspect in Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall terror attack case, who was freed by the court over lack of evidence, was abducted on his way home. Local media reports state that the suspect…

Nigerian police fire tear gas at #EndSars protests against brutality

Protesters ran away from the tear gas ABUJA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Nigerian police have fired tear gas at a protest against police brutality in the capital Abuja.A video of a man allegedly being killed by police sparked the latest protests.Several other protests have taken place across Nigeria, including Lagos. Star…

DR Congo to probe allegations of sex abuse by Ebola workers

Workers from UN’s World Health Organization sexually exploited some women during the Ebola outbreak KINSHASA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — DR Congo said it would launch an inquiry into accusations that international workers in an anti-Ebola campaign had sexually abused local women. A report last month said dozens of women described…

As Hurricane Delta intensifies, Louisiana braces for rains, storm surge

Representative image Image Credit: ANI LAFAYETTE (Louisiana), Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Louisiana steeled itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta took aim at a corner of the state still recovering from the last storm. Delta’s size grew and its winds intensified over the warm waters…

Argentina becomes first country to approve genetically modified wheat

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina has become the first country to approve the growth and consumption of genetically modified wheat, the country’s agriculture ministry announced. The ministry’s scientific commission said in a statement released in Buenos Aires that it had approved a drought-resistant variety of wheat in the…

Covid-19: China joins deal to get Covid-19 vaccine to poorer nations

BEIJING, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control the pandemic. The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to poorer nations as soon as they…

Covid-19: Virus still starving UK shops of customers

LONDON, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The squeeze on Britain’s beleagueredretail sector from tighter coronavirus restrictions reducing numbers ofshoppers on the high street clung on into September, data showed Friday. Latest figures from industry body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) andanalytics company ShopperTrack showed that UK retail footfall was down by…

Lebanon’s ex-PM Hariri says candidate to head next government

BEIRUT, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon’s former prime minister Saad Hariri said he was a possible candidate to head a new government to stemthe country’s economic collapse after a massive port blast. French President Emmanuel Macron last month extracted a pledge from allpolitical sides in the former French protectorate to…