US Pres Trump’s postal-vote tweet misleading – Twitter

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter has hidden a tweet by Donald Trump for containing “misleading claims” that could “dissuade voters” ahead of the November election. The US president tweeted on Sunday postal voting could encourage fraud and puts users at risk of contracting coronavirus. The tweet can be viewed…

Highest-ranking woman in White House Kellyanne Conway resigns as senior adviser to Pres Trump

Kellyanne Conway said she had made the decision in order to focus on her children WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kellyanne Conway has announced that she is resigning from her post as Senior Counsel to US President Donald Trump.In a statement, Conway said she was stepping down at the end…

Covid-19: British Airways increasingly likely to face strike action

LONDON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Airways is increasingly likely to face strike action this autumn, as the trade union representing cabin crew said that new contracts offered to the airline’s remaining staff did not offer enough stability and could cut pay substantially. Unite, the trade union, first threatened BA…

Libya: East-based warlord Gen Haftar rejects call by UN-backed government for ceasefire

Fighting has reduced in the past two months TRIPOLI, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The powerful military force in Libya loyal to the eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar has dismissed Friday’s announcement of a ceasefire by the UN-backed government based in Tripoli.The spokesman for Gen Haftar’s LNA said the declaration was a…

Ivory Coast: Five die, 100 wounded in clashes over third-term bid by incumbent president

ABIDJAN, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Monday submitted his application to run for a third term after more protests by opponents who say the constitution forbids him to contest the October election. Over the weekend several shops and a timber truck were torched during ethnic…

‘Alarming escalation’ in northern Nigeria attacks: Amnesty International

Competition over resources between herders and farming communities lies at the heart of the conflict ABUJA, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Amnesty International says it has documented an alarming escalation in attacks and abductions in northern Nigeria, with more than 1,100 deaths since the beginning of the year.The rights group says…

‘World’s oldest man’ dies aged 116 in South Africa

Fredie Blom – seen here on his 116th birthday – said there was no special secret to his longevity PRETORIA, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African who was thought to be the oldest man in the world has died at the age of 116. Fredie Blom’s identity documents showed…

Covid-19: Doctors in Kenya’s capital begin strike over lack of PPE

Close to 700 out of 30,000 Kenya’s COVID-19 cases are among healthcare workers NAIROBI, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 300 doctors in public hospitals in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have begun a strike. The health workers want better pay and working conditions including personal protective equipment (PPE). Nairobi has the…

Card-playing police general killed by soldier in South Sudan

Major-General Bior Ajoh Bior Kech JUBA, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A retired police general in South Sudan has been shot dead by a soldier while playing cards with his friends in a military barracks in the capital, Juba, a police spokesman said.The soldier who killed Major-General Bior Ajoh Bior Kech,…

Sudan’s Jabal Maragha: Illegal gold diggers destroy ancient site

Remains of the two millenia-old site of Jabal Maragha that was ravaged by gold hunters are scattered KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Illegal gold diggers have destroyed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site in Sudan in the eastern region of the Sahara desert, official say. The Jabal Maragha site, which dates from…