Terrorist attacks forces more than 4,000 Burkinabes to flee to Ghana

ACCRA, Feb 3 (NNN-GNA) — Over 4000 citizens of neighboring Burkina Faso, as well as some Ghanaians living in that country, are said to have fled into Ghana’s borders seeking refuge.According to a graphic.com.gh report, this has come about following attacks on Burkinabes by some suspected terrorists and militants.Among those…

US gun violence: 30-year-old councilwoman shot and killed in New Jersey

Eunice Dwumfour was found shot and killed in her car SAYREVILLE (New Jersey, US), Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Ghanaian-American woman who was a councilwoman in the United States of America has been reported dead after she was shot and killed in her car.According to a report by abc7ny.com, the…

South Africa energy crisis: Eskom targets five key priorities to ease load shedding

PRETORIA, Feb 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — Eskom board member, Mteto Nyati, says the power utility and its board is working intently on five key priorities to improve the performance of power stations and ease load shedding as swiftly as possible. Speaking during a media briefing to update South Africans on the…

Peru unrest: Tourism sector at Colca Valley worried about low flow of visitors

AREQUIPA (Peru), Feb 3 (NNN-ANDINA) — The flow of tourists at Colca Valley —a tourist destination located in Peru’s southern region of Arequipa— is going through a difficult situation due to the blockage of roads. Until last week, only 4,380 domestic and foreign visitors arrived in the area —a decrease compared to…

Peru unrest: It is time to think about Peru, we need peace and dialogue – President Boluarte

PAITA (Piura region, Peru), Feb 3 (NNN-ANDINA) — Pres Dina Boluarte urged political, social, and economic sectors to put aside their differences in order to focus on joining efforts to overcome this difficult moment. Similarly, she indicated that “it is time to think about Peru” because citizens need social peace and dialogue. Boluarte…

Nearly 65,000 children displaced due to violent clashes in eastern DR Congo

KINSHASA, Feb 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — More than 122,000 people are reported to have fled their homes in one day following escalating conflict in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving thousands of children vulnerable to abuse, according to a report released by a global charity.…

Crimea fire kills eight construction workers: Moscow

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least eight people died in a fire that ripped through temporary housing for construction workers in Moscow-annexed Crimea, the Russian emergency situations ministry said on Thursday.  The fire broke out overnight in a two-storey building for construction workers near Crimea’s port city of Sevastopol,…

15 foreign media outlets banned in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 2 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopian authorities suspended 15 foreign media outlets which have been operating in the country’s Somali regional state. Somali, one of nine regional states, is located in Ethiopia’s east. The suspension for allegedly operating without license was ordered at the national level by the Ethiopian…

Jamaica’s prime minister offers troops to address Haiti crisis

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness KINGSTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jamaica’s prime minister has said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment. The announcement comes a week after the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, Helen La Lime, said she…

African leaders commit to end Aids among children by 2030

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 2 (NNN-UNNS) — UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children marked a step up…