Montenegro clashes ahead of Orthodox leader’s inauguration

By Saturday evening, all roads into Cetinje had been blocked CETINJE (Montenegro), Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protesters clashed with police on Saturday in the southern Montenegrin city of Cetinje as ethnic tensions rose a day ahead of the inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the…

Covid-19: Brazil health regulator suspends use of 12 million Sinovac vaccine shots

An employee handles vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Butantan biomedical center in Sao Paulo SAO PAULO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa suspended the use of more than 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech…

Algerian court detains Tunisian ex-presidential candidate Karoui for illegal border crossing

Tunisia’s presidential candidate Nabil Karoui ALGIERS, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Algerian court on Saturday ordered former Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be placed in custody on a charge of illegally crossing a border, a judicial source said. The court in the eastern city of Constantine also ordered the…

El Salvador top court rules presidents can serve two consecutive terms

SAN SALVADOR, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — El Salvador’s top court has ruled that the country’s president can serve two consecutive terms, opening the door for incumbent Nayib Bukele to stand for re-election in 2024. Issued late on Friday, the ruling was handed down by judges appointed by lawmakers from Bukele’s…

New migrant caravan sets off for US from southern Mexico

Migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean walk in a caravan heading to the US TAPACHULA (Mexico), Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just…

Beef giant Brazil halts China exports after confirming two mad cow disease cases

BRASILIA, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil, the world’s largest beef exporter, has suspended beef exports to its No 1 customer China after confirming two cases of “atypical” mad cow disease in two separate domestic meat plants, the agriculture ministry said. The suspension, which is part of an animal health pact agreed…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

 PARIS, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The coronavirus has killed at least 4,550,974 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a compilation of official data. The US is the worst-affected country with 645,159 deaths, followed by Brazil…

Ivory Coast announce ‘major discovery’ of Oil

ABIDJAN, Sept 4 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ivory Coast, a modest hydrocarbon producer, announced the “major discovery” of oil and natural gas off its coast during an exploratory drilling carried out by the Italian hydrocarbon giant Eni. “A major discovery of oil in the sedimentary basin of Ivory Coaast has just been…

Update: Libyan leader orders probe into Tripoli clashes

TRIPOLI, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libyan President of the Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi issued orders to start an investigation into the clashes that erupted in southern Tripoli between two security forces. The orders also included an immediate cease-fire and the return of all fighting forces to their headquarters. “The General…

Zambia elects first woman as parliament speaker

Supporters of Hakainde Hichilema wearing party regalia in Lusaka on August 16 [File: Marco Longari/AFP] LUSAKA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s parliament has elected its first female speaker, more than a week after longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as the country’s new president. Nelly Mutti, a lawyer…