UN warns Central Africa Republic facing food insecurity crisis

GENEVA, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations on Tuesday made an urgent appeal for funds to help the Central African Republic face a mounting food crisis. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said 2.2 million people in the war-torn country of 5.5 million were acutely food insecure, and their…

UN: Bomb kills two peacekeepers in northern Mali; 5 injured

BAMAKO, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured Tuesday when their vehicle struck a bomb in northern Mali, the UN mission said. “This morning, an armoured vehicle in a MINUSMA supply convoy hit a mine on the Tessalit-Gao highway,” MINUSMA said. An…

US Secretary of State Blinken to hold rare talks with Chinese foreign minister at G20 this week

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi meet in Rome on the sidelines of the G20 of World Leaders Summit WASHINGTON, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a rare meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines…

Oil prices bounce back from Tuesday tumble as supply concerns return

Oil and gas refinery PARIS, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil prices rose as much as nearly 3 per cent on Wednesday before paring some gains as investors piled back into the market after a heavy rout in the previous session, with supply concerns returning to the fore even as worries…

Deadpool: US mega drought spells trouble at Hoover Dam

LAKE MEAD (Nevada/Arizona, US), July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes. But the mega drought affecting the western United States is sending reservoir levels plummeting towards deadpool — the point at which…

Update: UK PM Johnson faces parliamentary inquisition after top ministers quit

LONDON, July  6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two high-stakes encounters in parliament on Wednesday after his government was rocked by the shock departures of two senior ministers.   Rishi Sunak resigned as finance minister, and Sajid Javid as health secretary on Tuesday night. Both said they…

Six soldiers killed in jihadist attack in southeast Niger

NIAMEY, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected jihadists killed six soldiers and wounded 14 others in an attack on a military post in southeast Niger near the border with Chad, the defence ministry said. The ministry statement read on public radio also mentioned “17 dead on the enemy side” and said…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Fierce shelling in eastern Ukraine as NATO heralds its ‘historic’ expansion

KYIV, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting raged on Tuesday in and around Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region as Russian troops tried to maintain a series of battlefield gains, while NATO pressed ahead with Finland and Sweden’s momentous membership bids. Moscow’s forces — buoyed by seizing several cities in the Donbas in recent…

Leaders of Palestinian Authority, Hamas meet in Algeria

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (center) holds a rare meeting with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh under the auspices of Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune in Algiers ALGIERS/RAMALLAH, July 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the politburo chief of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Ismail Haniyeh in Algeria on…

22 Malian migrants die off Libyan coast

BAMAKO, July 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty-two Malians, including three children, have recently died off the coast of Libya, the Ministry of Malians Abroad and African Integration said. “These 22 people were part of a group of 83 migrants in distress off the coast of Libya since June 22, 2022,” the…