Covid-19: Havana imposes curfew over surge in cases while schools reopen elsewhere in Cuba

A police officer organizes a line of people waiting to buy food amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19, in Havana HAVANA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pupils returned to school throughout much of Cuba on Tuesday after more than five months, although not in Havana where restrictions including a curfew…

Tunisia lawmakers approve new government

Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi TUNIS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s parliament approved the country’s third government in less than a year on Wednesday, overcoming discontent among lawmakers incensed by how the administration was formed and averting the threat of disruptive early elections. Former interior minister Hichem Mechichi was confirmed…

DR Congo militia rape students on eve of exams

 Some one million people have been internally displaced because of the ongoing civil conflict in DR Congo so far in 2020 KINSHASA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militia attacks in DR Congo’s volatile east disrupted the start of school final exams Monday with hundreds of students fleeing violence and some girls…

Covid-19: Nigeria doctors on strike over coronavirus allowance

ABUJA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Doctors in Nigeria’s capital Abuja have started an “indefinite strike” due to non-payment of a special coronavirus allowance. The Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) announced the decision following a meeting on Saturday, according to the Premium Times news website. “The association would embark on a…

Pres Trump still wants US to get piece of any TikTok sale

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump repeated his demand for a piece of the action from any sale of TikTok’s US operations for forcing such a deal. TikTok has been at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing, and Trump gave Americans a deadline…

Covid-19: Swiss group Roche to launch 15-minute test

GENEVA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche announced it would launch at the end of September a test that detects the novel coronavirus within 15 minutes. They said the test identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has caused the global pandemic that has so far killed more than 851,000…

Covid-19: UN summit to discuss post-pandemic global governance

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Niger, the current president of the UN Security Council, said it will organize a Sept 24 videoconference between heads of state to discuss the future of global governance following the coronavirus pandemic. The summit will debate “post-Covid-19 global governance in relation to the maintenance…

Covid-19: Greece delays school reopening to Sept 14

ATHENS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek schools will reopen on Sept 14, the education minister said, pushing the date a week back to allow people to return from holiday. Masks will be compulsory in class and on board school buses, in addition to outdoors in congested areas, and will be…

Covid-19: Zimbabwe to reopen airports as pandemic eases

HARARE, Sept 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Zimbabwe government has begunpreparing for a gradual resumption of domestic flights, as daily COVID-19cases have been on a decline over the past few weeks. “The plan is to start with the resumption of domestic flights and thenmove to international flights,” Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa…

Nigerian oil agency under scrutiny for missing billions

WARRI (Nigeria), Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Investigators are looking forbillions of dollars in missing or stolen funds from a Nigerian agency createdto develop the oil-rich but impoverished Niger delta. Like the rest of the nation’s opaque oil sector, officials say the NigerDelta Development Commission (NDDC), based in the southern oil…