As pandemic worsens, Miami Beach visitors party, residents mostly comply

The Miami Beach Convention Center, which has become a drive up/walk up coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing site and also contains a 450-bed field hospital MIAMI BEACH (Florida, US), July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A few blocks from the Miami Beach Convention Center, where an emergency field hospital stands ready to treat…

Covid-19: Fearing autumn coronavirus wave, EU urges earlier, broader flu vaccination

The European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium BRUSSELS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission said European Union states should launch earlier and broader vaccination campaigns against flu this year to reduce the risk of simultaneous influenza and COVID-19 outbreaks in the autumn. The EU executive wants to prevent the…

Belarus police detain over 250 after challengers barred from election

Law enforcement officers detain participants of a protest after the Belarusian election commission refused to register opposition candidates for the upcoming presidential election in Minsk MINSK, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belarus opened a criminal case on Wednesday over protests in which more than 250 people were detained after President Alexander…

DR Congo gives mines a month to release workers confined due to coronavirus

Several mining companies have a presence in the southern copper belt of Congo KINSHASA, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo has given copper and cobalt mining companies a month to stop confining workers on site away from their families to stop the spread of coronavirus, the labour…

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia deadlocked on Nile dam in new talks

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA/CAIRO, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have failed to reach agreement at a new round of talks hosted by the African Union to regulate the flow of water from the giant Blue Nile…

ICC: Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea

Alleged Malian Islamist militant Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud THE HAGUE, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the “persecution” of residents of Timbuktu and the destruction of the city’s holy grounds refused to enter a plea as his lawyers argued…

Covid-19: Kenyan Airlines resume domestic passenger flights

A fleet of Kenya Airways planes at the JKIA NAIROBI, July 16 (NNN-XINHUA) — Kenyan airlines resumed domestic passenger flights on Wednesday after a break of more than three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenya Airways, and its sister carrier Jambojet, Safari Link and Fly 540 are among local…

Covid-19: Hundreds of Mozambican miners return to South Africa

Thousands of Mozambicans work in South African mines MAPUTO, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of 300 Mozambican miners have returned to South Africa to resume their jobs.Most of the mine workers had been forced to return to their country because of coronavirus restrictions.This is the second group of Mozambican…

Covid-19: Hospitals in Kenya may soon run out of space – Health Ministry

Health Ministry Director-General, Patrick Amoth NAIROBI, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — You still stand a high chance of succumbing to Covid-19 even after getting admission to intensive care unit, data from the Kenyan Health ministry, which confirmed 497 new cases, show.The figures show that 78 of the 225 coronavirus patients who…

Covid-19: Rwanda extends lockdown in new areas

The country is imposing more restrictions as coronavirus cases rise KIGALI, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda’s interior ministry has ordered selected areas in the south-west of the country back into lockdown from Wednesday after a rise in coronavirus cases. Movement restrictions for two weeks have been put in place in…