Air Tanzania orders four new planes

An Air Tanzania plane on the tarmac DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tanzanian government has ordered four new planes to boost its national carrier’s capability in Africa and abroad.On Tuesday, at the 2021 Dubai Airshow, Boeing and Tanzania announced an order of a 787-8 Dreamliner, a 767-300…

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: No Afghan-style evacuations as US tells citizens to quit Ethiopia

Flags of US and Ethiopia WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States State Department has reiterated a call to its citizens in Ethiopia to leave the Horn of Africa nation.The caution is the latest in a series of security advisories as Ethiopia’s politico-security situation deteriorates further.“We are doing that…

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of major military provocation

  BAKU, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Azerbaijan accused Armenia of a large-scale military provocation as tensions mounted between the arch foes a year after their war over contested territory.    The six-week armed conflict for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region claimed more than 6,500 lives and ended last November with a Russian-brokered…

Nigerian army ‘shot and killed #Endsars protesters’: Inquiry Panel Report

The country was rocked by anti-police brutality protests for two weeks last October  ABUJA, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An inquiry panel has submitted a report which says Nigerian armed forces shot and killed anti-police brutality protesters last year. Tens of thousands of Nigerians took to the streets last October calling…

Poland-Belarus migrant crisis: EU to widen Belarus sanctions as row intensifies

 BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union is to step up sanctions against Belarus in response to an escalating migrant crisis on the border with Poland. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed the move, saying that vulnerable migrants were being exploited in a “hybrid war” that is “intensifying”. Belarus…

UK launches global campaign to stop sexual violence in conflict

Liz Truss LONDON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday launched a major global campaign to stop sexual violence against women and girls in conflict around the world.   Speaking at an event for the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), the Foreign Secretary, who is also…

Bird flu spreads in Europe and Asia

PARIS, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has…

Update: Russian Pres Putin tells French Pres Macron US leading ‘provocative’ exercises in Black Sea

  MOSCOW, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday that “provocative” US-led exercises in the Black Sea were “increasing tensions” between Moscow and NATO, the Kremlin said.   Both leaders expressed “dissatisfaction” with what Moscow called a “worsening” situation in eastern Ukraine,…

Cuban dissidents arrested, mass protest thwarted as police swamp streets

  HAVANA, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuban security forces foiled a planned mass protest on Monday, with police flooding Havana’s streets and prominent dissidents arrested or confined to their homes to prevent them from stagingthe banned rights gathering.   Friends and family members said those detained included opposition figure Manuel…

Update: Ecuador military, prison heads resign after jail riot

  GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador is “seriously threatened” by drug trafficking mafias who want to “take control of all the country’s prisons,” President Guillermo Lasso said Monday, after the heads ofthe armed forces and the prison service quit following jail riots that left 68 people dead.  …