US shooting violence: Pres Biden says guns turning neighborhoods into ‘killing fields’

WASHINGTON, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden said that a flood of guns is turning US communities into “killing fields” and vowed to reinstate a ban on assault rifles. In a White House ceremony to mark new gun control legislation that he signed on June 25, Biden said…

European stocks drop at open as euro nears dollar parity

LONDON, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Europe’s main stock markets retreated at the open Tuesday, as the euro came ever closer to parity with the dollar, on growing expectations that the eurozone would fall into recession. Frankfurt’s DAX index slid 0.6 percent to 12,752.36 points and the Paris CAC 40 retreated…

Russia reports first case of monkeypox

 MOSCOW, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said it had detected the first case of monkeypox in the country in a man who returned from a trip to several European nations. “The infection was found in a young man who came back from a trip through European countries and went to…

Nigeria: Oil mogul kidnapped in 2019 abducted again by gunmen in Kogi

KOGI (Nigeria), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have again abducted the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Always Petroleum and Energy Service Limited, Alhaji Mohammed Jamiu. Recall that gunmen had in 2019 abducted the oil magnate from one of his petrol stations, but he was rescued by the military. It…

Nigeria’s Kaduna train attack: Terrorists release seven more kidnapped passengers

Freed kidnapped victims ABUJA, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven passengers kidnapped by terrorists from the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, have been released.It was reported that the terrorists attacked the train, bombed a section of the rail track, killed 9 passengers, and abducted 62, including children.Confirming the release, Malam Tukur…

Uganda: Three killed in Nakawa train-car collision

The wreckage of the Mercedes Benz which was involved in the train accident at Nakawa KAMPALA, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were killed after the car they were travelling in was hit by a train at the Level Crossing (railway) in Nakawa Division, Kampala in Uganda.One of the deceased…

Somalia President meets controversial army recruits sent to Eritrea

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalian President ASMARA (Eritrea), July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s controversial army trainees in Eritrea appeared for the first time in public, three years after a scandal emerged about their recruitment.The soldiers were photographed at a parade on Saturday with new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is touring…

Nigeria: Bodies of 17 people recovered after boat accident

Authorities have blamed an increase in flooding, in part, on climate change LAGOS, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities have recovered 17 bodies believed to be all of those on board – following a boat accident off Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos.Thirteen bodies were recovered on Sunday, according to the inland waterways…

Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month as inflation gets so bad: Central Bank

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa HARARE, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month as a way to tame inflation that has weakened the local currency, the country’s central bank said.The governor of the central bank, John Mangudya, noted that the coins, known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, would be available…

Africa must reset food security strategies to lower dependency on others: NGO

ACCRA, July 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana and its neighbouring countries on the African continent have been urged to review their agriculture and food security strategies to reduce the dependency on other countries around the world.The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (GMES & Africa) said this had become…