Rwanda picked to host African Medicines Agency headquarters

LUSAKA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda has been selected to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) by the Executive Council meeting in Lusaka. AMA will enhance capacity of state parties and RECs to regulate medical products, to improve Africa’s access to quality safe, and efficacious medical products.…

Huge wildfire breaks out near Tunisian capital

TUNIS, July 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — A huge wildfire broke out Tuesday in Hammam-Lif town in the northeastern Tunisian province of Ben Arous, nearly 20 km away from the capital Tunis, local media reported. The fire spread quickly and ravaged a large part of the nearby mountain Boukornine, one of the…

Rare twin giraffes born in Kenya

Rare twins have been born to a Maasai giraffe in Nairobi’s national park, the Kenyan wildlife minister said NAIROBI, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rare twins have been born to a Maasai giraffe in Nairobi’s national park, the Kenyan wildlife minister said Tuesday. “This is an extremely rare occurrence,” Najib Balala said on…

Another monarch abducted in Nigeria

ABUJA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some unknown gunmen have abducted the district head of Kuchibuyi, a remote community on the outskirts of Kubwa in Bwari area council of FCT. The kidnapping occurred in the early hours of Sunday, July 17. The monarch, according to a leader in the community, was…

Africa’s wildlife parks managers meet to boost conservation

Officials are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda in a bid to expand the protection of land and marine wildlife KIGALI, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda this week as part of the continent’s first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress in a bid to expand the preservation of land…

Outgoing British PM Boris Johnson receives Churchill books as parting gift

LONDON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held his last scheduled Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, receiving first editions of books by wartime leader Winston Churchill on World War II as a parting gift. The meeting was held on the hottest day in British history, after Johnson was…

US: Bidens welcome Ukraine’s first lady to White House, Zelenskyy expects major results

WASHINGTON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden, with flowers in hand, and first lady Jill Biden welcomed Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, to the White House on Tuesday for a visit ahead of her address to Congress on Wednesday. Zelenska, the wife of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, embraced…

Heatwaves: UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

LONDON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday after regional heat records tumbled in France. After the UK’s warmest night on record, the Met Office said 40.2C had been…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: EU moves to unblock Russian bank funds to boost food trade

BRUSSELS, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU is preparing to carve out exceptions in its tough sanctions against Moscow that would unblock assets at Russian banks linked to trade in food and fertiliser, a document showed onTuesday. Member countries “want to make it abundantly clear that there is nothing in…

Racist Chinese filmmaker charged by Malawi court for trafficking

LILONGWE, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lu Ke, a Chinese national behind racist videos involving Malawian children has been charged with five counts of child trafficking by a court in the country.He was extradited over the weekend to Malawi from neighbouring Zambia after he fled in the wake of a BBC…