Update: Newly elected Algerian president calls protesters for dialogue

Newly elected President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — The newly elected President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune said he committed to open dialogue with the protest movement claiming change, saying there will be “no revenge, nor exclusion and marginalization during his term.” Tebboune, who was announced to…

Moscow concerned with US test of previously banned missile, says Russian official

Russia raised alarm on Dec. 13 over the U.S. testing of a missile which would have been banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Moscow is concerned about the test conducted by the United States of a missile previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces…

US Democrat-led House to vote impeachment articles against Trump next week

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee passed all the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Friday, who will be impeached if the full House approves any of them by a simple majority vote. “Next week, these two articles…

Update: Fresh protests as Tebboune replaces Bouteflika

Protesters in Algiers on Friday said none of the election candidates represented them ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Algerian capital, Algiers, in protest at the results of Thursday’s presidential election.They chanted slogans against the winner, ex-PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

ECOWAS court revokes Sierra Leone’s ban on pregnant schoolgirls

LAGOS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A regional West Africa court ordered the Sierra Leone government to lift a policy barring pregnant students from attending school. The continent has the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world, and 18 African countries require pregnant girls to drop out of school. Sierra Leone’s…

Ebola spreads in DR Congo after militants attack treatment camp -WHO

A NURSE DISINFECTS AN AMBULANCE. GENEVA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cases of the deadly Ebola virus have risen in the Democratic Republic of Congo where health care workers remain largely cut off from the disease’s hotspots since militants attacked their camp, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Twenty-seven Ebola cases…

Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa says no going back to dollarisation

HARARE, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed not to revert to using the U.S. dollar after a new local currency plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling inflation and economic hardship. The government ended a decade of dollarisation in June, partly to stem demand…

Ethiopia to get $3 bln funding from World Bank – prime minister

NAIROBI, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia will receive $3 billion from the World Bank to help strengthen reforms in its traditionally state-controlled economy. The announcement was made two days after the International Monetary Fund said it had reached a preliminary agreement for a three-year, $2.9…

Clashes break out in central London after Conservative victory

Anti-Tory and pro-Brexit protesters clash outside Parliament LONDON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Clashes broke out in central London on Friday as hundreds of protesters took to Downing Street to “defy Tory rule” after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election victory. A heavy police presence was seen close to the Cenotaph in Whitehall, which was…

Pres Trump ‘signs off’ on deal to pause US-China trade war

US President, Donald Trump WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Asian stock markets rose on Friday as the US and China moved toward striking a trade deal to avert a new round of tariffs.The deal could be announced later in the day, after US President Donald Trump reportedly signed off on…