Narrow lead for pro-Europe party in Montenegro parliamentary polls

Former long-serving president Milo Djukanovic, beaten in a run-off vote in April, casts his ballot in Podgorica PODGORICA (Montenegro), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Montenegro’s new pro-European party held a slim lead in parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to results from a leading pollster, likely spurring days of coalition building before a…

Militants kill 7 in eastern DR Congo: officials

 BUNIA (DR Congo), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militants have killed seven civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said, in the latest attack to hit the turbulent region. CODECO militiamen attacked an army position in the Djukoth area of Ituri province’s Mahagi territory on Saturday evening, according to…

‘I’m hungry,’ Colombia child tells rescuers after 40 days in jungle

    BOGOTÁ, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian television broadcast emotional images Sunday of the moment when four children who survived in the jungle for 40 days after a plane crash met their rescuers. The images, taken on a mobile phone, show the four weary children, the smallest in the arms…

Kenya, Djibouti to abolish visa requirements for respective nationals

NAIROBI, June 12 (NNN-XINHUA) — Djibouti and Kenya have agreed to abolish visa requirements for their respective nationals, the office of Kenya President William Ruto disclosed on Sunday. In a press statement, the office of Kenya president said the two east African nations hope to spur their bilateral trade with…

UNICEF deplores death of 27 children in blast in southern Somalia

MOGADISHU, June 12 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) has deplored the death of 27 children and 53 others who were injured after unexploded ordnance exploded at a playing field near Qoryoley town in southern Somalia on Friday. Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef, UNICEF Representative in Somalia, said the UN agency…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa briefs Chinese President on peace mission

PRETORIA, June 12 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has briefed the Chinese President, Xi Jin Ping,  on the African Leaders’ Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia. President Ramaphosa noted that the peace plan has been proposed by China and affirmed by South Africa’s and the African leaders support of initiatives…

US: Major highway collapses after tanker truck fire

PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An overpass on one of America’s busiest highways collapsed early on Sunday after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames, Pennsylvania’s governor said, predicting it will take months to fully restore the “critical artery”. Governor Josh Shapiro said at a press briefing that surprisingly no…

EU considers aid to Tunisia to boost economy, reduce migrant flows

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied poses with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Tunisia’s Prime Minister Najla Bouden, in Tunis, on Sunday TUNIS, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union said it is considering more than one billion euros…

Sudan crisis: Bodies and burial as fighting resumes after brief truce

KHARTOUM, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mourners gathered to bury the dead and bodies lay in a Khartoum hospital on Sunday as deadly shelling and gunfire resumed after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire in Sudan. Fighting has raged in the northeast African country since mid-April, when army chief Abdel Fattah…

Peru: National Police destroys 5 drug processing laboratories in San Martin

LIMA, June 12 (NNN-ANDINA) — Within the framework of the relentless fight against drug trafficking, anti-drug agents from the Peruvian National Police (PNP) destroyed five rustic drug processing laboratories, in heliborne operations named Ciclon Santa Lucia 2023 (Saint Lucy Cyclon 2023), across Campanilla district in the province of Mariscal Caceres (San Martin…