Zimbabwe to roll out new bank notes

HARARE, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will roll out new bank notes and coins four months after it reintroduced its own currency, the Zimbabwean dollar.The country has faced biting cash shortages since 2016 and abandoned the use of the US dollar as its official currency a few months ago as…

Nigeria: 150 inmates escape after prison collapsed during heavy rain

File photo ABUJA, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian authorities say more than 150 inmates have escaped from a prison which partly collapsed during heavy rain.The medium- security jail is near the central city of Lokoja in Kogi state, where two rivers meet.The area is prone to flooding and there…

World’s worst, best places to be a woman: study

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Mali and Libya were listed as some of the worst countries in the world, for one to be a woman.Research organizations Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security and Peace Research Institute Oslo…

13 countries cited for enabling ‘impunity’ in journalist deaths: media watchdog group

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 killings of journalists are unsolved in 13 countries cited by a media watchdog group for enabling “impunity” for the crimes.The Committee to Protect Journalists said the countries on its list were home to the majority of journalist killings over the past…

Pres Trump says likely Baghdadi successor killed by U.S. troops

Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. military had killed the person who likely would have succeeded Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the leader of Daesh group. “Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops,”…

In historic vote, US House recognizes ‘Armenian genocide’

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday officially recognizing the “Armenian genocide,” a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington. Cheers and applause erupted when the chamber voted 405 to 11 in support of the measure “affirming the…

Cameroon landslide kills at least 42 people

Rescuers looking for survivors in the wake of the landslide  YAOUNDE, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 42 people were killed after their houses were swept away Tuesday in a landslide caused by torrential rain in the western Cameroon city of Bafoussam, state media reported, showing images of rescuers desperately sifting through…

Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’, says scientists

The landscape is much drier today GABORONE, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  A large ancient wetlands region spanning northern Botswana – once teeming with life but now dominated by desert and salt flats – may represent the ancestral homeland of all of the 7.7 billion people on Earth today, researchers said.…

European Cybersecurity Forum kicks off in Poland

WARSAW, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — The fifth edition of the European Cybersecurity Forum, the most important event on cybersecurity in central and eastern Europe, has kicked off in the Polish city of Katowice. The two-day event, starting Tuesday, features numerous discussions, among others, on the topics of securing the 5G infrastructure, digital democracy, the digital…

More women entering workforce in Latin America: UN study

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — More women are entering the workforce across Latin America, with an increase of 11 percent in the last 30 years, according to new data published by the United Nations. The research conducted jointly by the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour…