Libyan protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk

TRIPOLI, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protesters stormed Libya’s parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk, demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock, Libyan media reported. Several television channels said that protesters had managed to penetrate the building and committed acts of vandalism, while media outlets showed images of…

WHO calls for ‘urgent’ action in Europe over monkeypox

  COPENHAGEN, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization called for ‘urgent’ action to prevent the spread of monkeypox in Europe, noting that cases had tripled there over the past two weeks. “Today, I am intensifying my call for governments and civil society to scale up efforts … to…

France: 15 arrested over Calais migrant crisis

 PARIS, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen people have been arrested in France on suspicion of being part of a people-smuggling ring that was involved in one of the deadliest incidents seen in the English Channel. In November 2021, 27 people died when their flimsy boat sank near Calais as they…

South Sudan: Thousands facing food insecurity as food aid cuts hit

JUBA, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two children and an adult have died of starvation in South Sudan as the suspension of food aid begins to hit, aid workers said. The deaths occurred in a displacement camp in the northern Warrap state. It comes after the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said…

Nigeria: 158 dead as Lassa Fever outbreak doubles

ABUJA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has doubled over the past year. Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed that 158 people have died since the beginning of the year. Statistics are for January to June, when 797 cases have been confirmed. This…

Impeachment vote against Ecuador president fails: official

QUITO, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s opposition-led congress failed to gather enough votes to impeach President Guillermo Lasso, as protests by Indigenous Ecuadorans over the high cost of living persisted. The motion garnered 80 of the 92 votes needed to remove Lasso from office, according to the results read aloud…

Belgium busts drug lab on air base housing US nukes

Crystal Meth (L) and Ecstasy drugs seized by a joint Austrian and German police in Vienna BRUSSELS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belgian police raided an illegal lab producing the drug ecstasy on an air base that reputedly houses part of the US nuclear arsenal in Europe, investigators said Tuesday. Two…

Two suspects killed, six officers injured in Canada bank robbery

 MONTREAL, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two suspected bank robbers were killed Tuesday during a shootout with police in western Canada that left six officers injured, local authorities said, adding that a possible third suspect was still missing. “This remains an ongoing police incident with the heavy police presence in the…

Ghana police fire tear gas to disperse protest over living costs

ACCRA, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana police fired tear gas and arrested more than two dozen protesters in the capital Accra after a demonstration over soaring living costs turned violent. The West African nation, reeling from a pandemic-spurred economic slump and hammered by the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine,…

At least 14 migrants die as boat catches fire in Senegal: officials

DAKAR, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 14 migrants died when a boat caught fire in south Senegal, a local mayor and a health official said. “We have been able to recover 14 bodies,” David Diatta, the mayor of the coastal town of Kafountine in Casamance, said after the fire…