Government in New Zealand announced the lifting on Tuesday of all remaining measures relating to the fight against Covid-19, more than three years after they were first implemented, Reuters reported. New Zealand was one of the countries with the most severe and long-lasting restrictions in the world. It had adopted …
Read More »Zimbabwean police arrest opposition activists ahead of elections
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 40 members of an opposition coalition who were campaigning ahead of elections next week, local media reported. They were detained in the Glenview suburb of the capital, Harare, on Tuesday. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said that Gladmore Hakata, the party’s Glenview …
Read More »Nigerian president sad after death of soldiers in helicopter crash
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu mourned and paid tribute to soldiers who died in a helicopter crash during an evacuation mission in Niger State on Monday. The president said the “tragic loss of our officers and soldiers had brought immense sadness to me”. In a statement, he said they would be …
Read More »The remains of 13 bodies found in fridges
The remains of at least 13 human bodies have been found in refrigerators in the Mexican city of Poza Rica near Veracruz, a region plagued by narco-violence, a judicial source said on Monday. The bodies were found by police who were chasing a man inside a building housing three kidnapped …
Read More »At least 33 dead in Russian gas station fire
At least 33 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion and fire at a gas station in Dagestan, a Russian republic in the Caucasus, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Russian Situations Ministry. emergency. “A total of 102 people were injured as a …
Read More »Niger coup leaders recall ambassador to Ivory Coast
Niger’s coup leaders have recalled their country’s ambassador in Ivory Coast saying comments by the Ivorian president had amounted to “praising armed action” against them, the BBC reported. Alassane Ouattara had spoken of his determination to see Niger’s democratically elected leader Mohamed Bazoum reinstated, on his return from a regional …
Read More »Migrants found dead off Tunisia coast
Authorities in Tunisia say at least five migrants have died and seven others are missing after their boat sank off the coast. The vessel, heading for Europe, was carrying 35 people, mostly Tunisian nationals, including women and children. Twenty-three passengers have been rescued. The boat capsized shortly after setting sail …
Read More »State of emergency declared in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament has approved a state of emergency declared in connection with the ongoing violence in the country’s Amhara region, the BBC reported. The parliament’s session, unusually, was not televised but according to a report posted on the House’s Facebook page, the decree was approved with a …
Read More »At least 24 dead after torrential rains in India
At least 24 people have died in India, nine of them in a temple collapse, and dozens more missing, after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides, officials said on Monday. Several days of torrential rain destroyed bridges and buildings, washed away vehicles in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, …
Read More »Niger’s putschists open to diplomatic means to resolve the crisis
The military regime in Niger said it is open to resolving the crisis through diplomatic means, the head of a delegation of Nigerian clerics reported on Sunday, the day after his visit to Niamey. Mr. Bazoum and his family have been held in the basement of his palace in Niamey, …
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