‘Change is here’ – Zambia’s president-elect

LUSAKA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema slammed the southern African country’s outgoing “brutal regime” while promising a “better democracy” in his debut address to the nation, hours after winning the top job in a landslide.Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and…

More than 50 migrants enter Spain’s Melilla enclave

MADRID, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 50 migrants crossed the Moroccan border into Spain’s Melilla enclave before dawn on Tuesday, the Spanish government’s delegation in the tiny territory said. The incident occurred three months after an unprecedented 10,000 people surged into Spain’s other North African enclave of Ceuta, exacerbating…

Update: Prototype Russian military transport plane crashes outside Moscow

The new light military transport burning plane Il-112V flies down near Kubinka airfield MOSCOW, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A prototype military transport plane crashed while performing a test flight outside Moscow on Tuesday, the plane’s developer, the United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) said. The new light military transport plane, Il-112V, crashed…

More than 600 fleeing Afghans cram into dramatic US military flight

Over 600 people crammed into the hold of a US Air Force cargo plane that was leaving Kabul on Aug 15 KABUL, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A photo shows more than 600 Afghans – women, men, children and the elderly – sitting packed on the floor of a cavernous US…

Two people missing in Germany after flood sweeps them off bridge

Several houses damaged by a storm in the village Berumerfehn, Germany BERLIN, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German authorities said Tuesday rescue teams are still searching for two people who were swept off a bridge by sudden floods in Bavaria the previous day. Eight other people were rescued uninjured. Heavy, sudden…

Cholera death toll rises to 1,178 in Nigeria

ABUJA, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — The cholera epidemic has killed 1,178 people in 23 states and Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, since it broke out in January, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) said Tuesday. In an update of the cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the health agency said 37,819 suspected…

Russian military plane crashes with crew killed

MOSCOW, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — A prototype of Russia’s new Il-112V military transport aircraft crashed in the Moscow region and its crew members were killed in the incident, local media reported on Tuesday. — NNN-XINHUA

Ivory Coast starts Ebola vaccination after first case since 1994 was recorded

The jabs were supplied by the WHO Africa office from surplus sent earlier this year to Guinea ABIDJAN, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast have rolled out Ebola vaccination for healthcare workers, days after the country confirmed its first Ebola case since 1994.Jabs were supplied by the World Health Organization’s…

First German plane evacuated only 7 people from Kabul

French and Afghan nationals line up to board a French military transport plane at the Kabul airport BERLIN, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A first German military plane to land in Kabul since the Taliban takeover evacuated only seven people, the government said on Tuesday, due to chaos at the Afghan…

US drought: Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge reservoir

The level of Lake Mead has been steadily declining due to a chronic drought  LOS ANGELES, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A huge reservoir that supplies water to tens of millions of people in the Western United States is at such low levels that populations it feeds must reduce their useage…