DRCongo: 58 killed in attacks in eastern Ituri province

BUNIA (DR Congo), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty-eight people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, the province’s interior minister said, attributing the massacres to a notorious militia. Twenty-three people were killed in Irumu territory in southern Ituri on Tuesday, followed by 35 there on Thursday,…

ECOWAS to withdraw its intervention troops from Guinea Bissau

BISSAU, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will gradually withdraw its intervention force in Guinea-Bissau. A first group has already left Bissau on Aug 27. It consists of 130 men mainly from the Togolese Special Forces who arrived in Guinea-Bissau in November 2019 to reinforce…

Moria migrants: Greek camp fire sparks race to find shelter for 13,000

Migrants fleeing the camp attempted to save some of their belongings  LESBOS (Greece), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece is in a race to find shelter for thousands of migrants forced to flee an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos that has been destroyed by fire. The blaze ripped through…

WHO seeks urgent action to prevent deaths linked to trans fat intake

GENEVA, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO)warned that 11 countries account for about two-thirds of the global deaths linked to trans fat intake, calling upon these countries to take urgent action to avoid the deaths. The 11 countries out of 15 with the most coronary heart diseasedeaths…

Covid-19: British Airways to cut more flights

IAG said quarantine restrictions meant capacity this autumn would be 60% below 2019 levels LONDON, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Airways is cutting more flights over the next three months as it adjusts to the continuing collapse in demand for air travel. BA owner IAG, which also runs Aer Lingus…

Covid-19 vaccine: 8,000 jumbo jets needed to deliver doses globally, says IATA

Equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed,the International Air Transport Association said MONTREAL (Canada), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the “largest transport challenge ever” according to the airline industry. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed, the International Air…

Deadly bomb blast targets Afghan vice president

The bombing came as Afghan officials and the Taliban prepared to begin talks KABUL, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul that targeted the first vice president, Amrullah Saleh.Saleh, a former head of the Afghan intelligence…

Guinea’s top court clears Alpha Condé third term bid

President Alpha Condé has been cleared for a third term bid in next month’s election. CONAKRY, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea’s constitutional court, the highest in the West African country, has approved 82-year-old President Alpha Condé’s bid for a third term in next month’s election.The court also approved 11 other…

Somalia: Deadly blast at Mogadishu restaurant

Witnesses said security forces cordoned off the scene after the blast MOGADISHU, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three people have been killed and seven injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “The target of the suicide bomber was civilians sitting at…

Congo: Mixed-race women take Belgium to court over colonial abuse

The mixed children Belgium took from their mothers under colonial rule BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five mixed-race women in Belgium who were forcibly separated from their families in what was then the Belgian Congo have taken the Belgian state to court. The women, now in their 70s, say they…