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Guinea coup leader picks Mandela prize-winner as foreign minister

Guinea’s military leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has appointed a prominent campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) as foreign minister, in his latest change since taking power last month. The West African state’s new diplomatic chief is Morissanda Kouyate, who last year won the United Nation’s Nelson Mandela Prize, according to a decree read on state television late Monday. Doumbouya also appointed Julien Youmbouno as minister of labour and Mamadou Pathe Diallo as health minister, while Charlotte Daffe …

FAO launches radio program on climate-smart agriculture in Somalia

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Tuesday it has introduced a new cycle of radio programs mainly focusing on the impact of climate change on food security in Somalia. Etienne Peterschmitt, FAO Representative in Somalia said the programs which will focus on climate-smart agriculture, will be an extension of the radio training modules which the FAO launched in 2020 to adapt to COVID-19 constraints. Peterschmitt said there is a need to highlight …

U.S. imposes new international travel vaccine rules, lifts existing restrictions

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe effective November 8, the White House said.

The U.S. travel restrictions were first imposed in early 2020 to address the spread of COVID-19. The rules bar most non-U.S. citizens …

Gunmen kill 16 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack

Gunmen killed 16 worshippers at a mosque in central Nigeria, a government official said Tuesday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Scores of gunmen on motorcycles stormed Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state on Monday and opened fire during morning prayers, said Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary to the government. “The bandits shot dead 16 people inside the mosque while they were praying,” Matane said. Three worshippers were injured in the attack, one of …

South African judge dismisses Zuma’s attempt to remove prosecutor

A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to have him replaced. The former president, 79, pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering in the long-running case …

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