US shooting violence: 21-year-old college basketball player killed, eight persons injured

Darius Lee MANHATTAN, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A United States college basketball star identified as Darius Lee was killed and eight other people were injured in a mass shooting in Harlem, Manhattan on Sunday night.The US police revealed that they had not made any arrests in relation to the incident.Darius…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Africa ‘hostage’ to Russia’s war – Ukraine president tells AU

Volodymr Zelensky, Ukrainian President KYIV, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the African Union, AU, months after putting in a request to that effect.In his June 20 virtual meting with AU President Macky Sall, Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and other officials; Zelensky…

Commonwealth seeks to grow trade by $6.5 trillion in five years

Rwanda’s First Lady, Jeannette Kagame and Patricia Scotland KIGALI, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Intra-Commonwealth trade is expected to expand by $6.5 trillion in the next five years from the current $13 trillion, as the group seeks to strengthen both trade and investment ties between the 54 member countries.Figures by the…

Monkeys snatch breastfeeding baby from mother in Tanzania; baby rescued but died in hospital

Monkeys snatched a breastfeeding infant from his mother DAR ES SALAAM, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents have been left in shock after a troop of monkeys snatched a breastfeeding infant from his mother in Mwamgongo village in Kigoma, northeastern Tanzania.The village borders Gombe National Park.The mother was breastfeeding her one-month-old…

Zimbabwe’s health workers and teachers go on strike, reject 100% pay rise

Zimbabwean workers ask to be paid in US dollars instead of Zimbabwean currency as inflation soars HARARE, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s health workers and teachers went on strike over poor pay and working conditions as they rejected a 100 percent salary increase offered by the government at the weekend.Health…

Time for a paradigm shift in Africa-Europe relations – ECOWAS chair

President Akufo-Addo is current Chairman of ECOWAS BRUSSELS, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — ECOWAS chair President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has called for an urgent rethink of the existing relations between Africa and Europe, noting that, the clear and present global dangers, cannot be resolved on the separate strength of the two…

UK’s biggest rail strike in 30 years disrupts travel, PM Johnson vows to stay firm

LONDON, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of workers walked out on the first day of Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years on Tuesday, with millions of passengers facing days of chaos as both the unions and government vowed to stick to their guns in a row over pay. The…

Ecuadorans teargassed at demos that military deems ‘grave threat’

QUITO, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of Ecuadorans taking part in a ninth day of Indigenous-led fuel price protests the military described as a “grave threat”. Some 500 protesters among thousands who arrived in Quito from around the country in recent days were teargassed as…

Covid-19: US start to roll out vaccines for young children

WASHINGTON, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has begun distributing COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months around the country, and availability of the shots will improve in the coming days, according to White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr Ashish Jha. US regulators authorised Moderna’s two-dose vaccine for children aged…

Brazil parliamentary elections: Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities

Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities SAO PAULO, June 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who heads the presidential election race, announced that his priorities in power would be social policies and protecting the Amazon. Polls show Brazil’s far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro lagging behind Lula…