Five million Kenyans face severe food shortage, World Bank warns

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Below average rainfall this year coupled with the war in Ukraine is likely to drive up to five million Kenyans into acute food shortage, according to the World Bank. The Food Security Update for July published by the bank indicate that low rainfall experienced in…

Somalia: Ex-al-Shabaab leader appointed cabinet minister

MOGADISHU, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former deputy leader and spokesperson of Somali militant group al-Shabaab has been appointed as a government minister. Mukhtar Robow has been chosen as the religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new cabinet. He had been under house arrest for four years after being detained during…

DR Congo to reassess withdrawal of UN mission amid violent protests

KINSHASA, Aug 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decided late Tuesday to reassess the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Nations stabilization mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) amid escalating protests against the MONUSCO in the eastern part of the country, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said. Thirty-six…

Heatwaves prove deadlier: 1,700 died in England/Wales in a week and another 1,700 in Spain/Portugal

LONDON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe’s record-breaking heatwave last month saw England and Wales register nearly 1,700 extra deaths in just one week, early data shows, while Portugal and Spain counted another 1,700. The figures, which will likely change as records are updated, give the first indication of heat-related deaths…

Argentine footballer arrested after sending female referee to hospital with brutal punch

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A player from a local league in Argentina was arrested and suspended for life after attacking a female referee during a match on Sunday. Cristian Tirone of third-division Club Deportivo Garmense was arrested on the field after punching referee Dalma Cortadi in the back…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: ‘Volatile’ situation at Russian-held Ukrainian nuclear plant – IAEA

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The situation is “volatile” at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which fell under Russian control in March during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the head of the international nuclear agency said. Located on the Dnipro river in southeastern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been…

Sinkhole larger than tennis court near a copper mine has Chile perplexed

SANTIAGO, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Experts in Chile were investigating the appearance of an enormous sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper mine in the Atacama desert. Experts were dispatched to examine the hole, some 32 meters across and twice as deep, which appeared in…

Mexico prosecutors investigate ex-president Pena Nieto

       MEXICO CITY, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said that it was investigating former president Enrique Pena Nieto for suspected crimes including illicit enrichment and money laundering. The announcement came nearly a month after the finance ministry’s Financial Intelligence Unit revealed that Pena Nieto was facing a…

Republic of Congo president’s party wins 111 of 151 seats

       BRAZZAVILLE, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s party won 111 seats in the 151-member National Assembly after two rounds of legislative elections, according to official results announced Tuesday. The polls were marked by a low turnout, according to observers, and the authorities did not…

Covid-19: Long COVID may affect 10 to 33 million US working-age adults – report

NEW YORK, Aug 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Long COVID has been described as the US “next national health disaster” and the “pandemic after the pandemic,” the Kaiser Family Foundation recently analyzed. Long COVID involves a range of potentially disabling symptoms and may affect 10 to 33 million working-age adults in the…