WHO Head ‘Extremely Concerned’ by Increase in Coronavirus Cases

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–10/2020–10–05T165328Z_708453458_RC2GCJ9H3EER_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-WHO.JPG?imwidth=800The head of the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion says the agency is “extreme­ly con­cerned” by a surge of coro­n­avirus cas­es, par­tic­u­lar­i­ty in Europe and North Amer­i­ca. Tedros Adhanom Ghe­breye­sus told reporters Mon­day at a reg­u­lar brief­ing in Gene­va that the case

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Ethiopian troops ‘liberate’ key town in Tigray, claim officials — The Guardian

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Ethiopi­an troops have advanced fur­ther into the north­ern region of Tigray, seiz­ing a key town on the road to its cap­i­tal, offi­cials in Addis Aba­ba have said. The con­flict between nation­al forces and troops loy­al to the Tigray People’s Lib­er­a­tion Front (TPLF) is head­ing towards the end of its sec­ond week. There are wide­spread fears the war…

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Top Syria Diplomat Moalem, Soft-Spoken Defender of Assad, Dies 

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/reuters_syria_Walid al-Moalem_13Apr17.JPG?imwidth=800AMMAN, JORDAN — Syr­i­a’s long-time for­eign min­is­ter Walid al-Moalem, an unyield­ing defend­er of Syr­i­an Pres­i­dent Bashar al Assad’s bloody crack­down on peace­ful pro­test­ers that sparked a decade old con­flict, died on Mon­day. The gov­ern­ment gave no details of the cause

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Ghanaians Remember ‘Complex’ Former President Jerry Rawlings 

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https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2446332/sp/244633200/playManifest/entryId/1_v3gio9mg/format/download/protocol/https/flavorParamIds/0ACCRA — The death of Ghana’s for­mer pres­i­dent Jer­ry John Rawl­ings at age 73 on Thurs­day in Accra, sparked mixed reac­tions across the nation.  Some were sad­dened by Rawl­ings death while oth­ers spoke of human rights abus­es under his rule.  Jer­ry John

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Impact of Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Felt in Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/2020–11–14T173816Z_1875549699_RC253K9IGC10_RTRMADP_3_ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT-SUDAN.JPG?imwidth=800NAIROBI — The con­flict in Ethiopia’s rebel­lious Tigray region is less than two weeks old but is already hav­ing a grow­ing region­al impact, with effects felt in Sudan, Eritrea and Soma­lia. Ethiopi­an gov­ern­ment forces have cap­tured the town of Alamata,

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United Airlines Flight Attendants Concerned Over Onboard Service Resumptions

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https://liveandletsfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/United-Airlines-Service-Concerns-736x355.jpg This month, Unit­ed Air­lines has restored buy-on-board ser­vice to a select flights. Sev­er­al flight atten­dants have reached out to me in con­cern over this move, not­ing it comes as the num­ber of report­ed COVID-19 cas­es is again surg­ing in

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Pakistan’s Capital Under Virtual Lockdown Over Anti-France Protest 

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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/AP20321412143702.jpg?imwidth=800ISLAMABAD —  Secu­ri­ty forces in Pak­istan sealed off a main high­way into the cap­i­tal, Islam­abad, for a sec­ond day Mon­day to con­tain thou­sands of Islamists gath­ered out­side the city to protest the reprint­ing of car­i­ca­tures of the Prophet Muham­mad in