Ethiopian undecided whether to take more Boeing 737 MAX jets

Boeing 737 MAX jet DUBAI, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Airlines has not decided yet whether to take more deliveries of the 737 MAX, the jet grounded worldwide in the wake of crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the airline’s CEO said, as Boeing completes revisions to the aircraft’s design. Asked…

At least 15 civilians killed in eastern Congo by suspected Islamist militants

KINSHASA, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected militants killed at least 15 people overnight in eastern Congo, local officials said, in the latest massacre since the army launched a major offensive against the rebels last month.Democratic Republic of Congo’s army initiated its latest campaign, with support from U.N. peacekeepers, on Oct…

US may remove Sudan from list of state sponsors of terrorism, but it’s a process – US official

Tibor Nagy, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States no longer has an adversarial relationship with the Sudanese government and is working with its counterparts on the possibility of removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior…

Ghana: Pres Akufo-Addo leaves for UAE, Germany and United Kingdom

ACCRA, Nov 18 (NNN-GNA) — President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday for a visit to the United Arab Emirates, Germany, and the United Kingdom. “At the invitation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed…

Four more deaths in Bolivia protests: rights commission

LA PAZ, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, raising the total number of victims in the political unrest to 23,the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said. The new deaths were announced after five protesters were killed in clasheswith security forces on Friday in…

Sudan verdict in ousted Bashir graft trial on Dec 14

KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The verdict in the corruption trial of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir is to be delivered on Dec 14, a judge announced. Bashir, who was overthrown by the army in April, has been on trial in a Khartoum court since August on charges of illegally…

Pres Diaz-Canel condemns harassment against Cuban doctors in Bolivia

President Diaz-Canel HAVANA, Nov 16 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, denounced late on Friday the harassment and mistreatment against Cuban doctors working in Bolivia, who will return to the island in the face of violent instigation against them. In the name of no political ideology, hate…

African refugees ejected from UN premises in South Africa

PRETORIA, Nov 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Africans seeking asylum at a United Nations office in South Africa have been forcibly removed by police stating that their action amounted to trespassing.On Wednesday, a court order was granted instructing the 300 refugees camping there since Oct 7, to vacate the area within three…

EU files WTO complaint against Colombia over frozen potato fries

BRUSSELS, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Friday against Colombia over duties imposed on frozen potato fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Colombia imposed anti-dumping duties of between 3% and 8% on frozen fries for two years in November 2018…

France reverse palm oil tax break after outcry

PARIS, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s parliament on Friday voted to remove tax breaks for the use of palm oil as a biofuel In the second vote in two days on the issue, 58 MPs in the National Assembly voted against including palm oil on a list of biofuel sources that…