US violence: At least 5 dead, including gunman, after mass shooting at medical centre in Oklahoma

Police officers outside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a mass shooting TULSA (Oklahoma, US), June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five people were dead after a man armed with a rifle opened fire on Wednesday inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the latest of a series…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russians advance on Severodonetsk, Kyiv awaits new US weapons

KYIV, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian forces edged closer to taking the key eastern Ukraine city of Severodonetsk but Kyiv’s hopes of holding off their invaders were boosted by a US pledge of more advanced rocket systems to help their defence. “The Russians control 70 percent of Severodonetsk,” Lugansk region…

Cameroon: Boko Haram militants kill four civilians, three soldiers

YAOUNDE, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Boko Haram militants have killed four civilians and three soldiers in Cameroon’s Far North region, a local official and two security sources said. Boko Haram members attacked the Hitawa military post near the Nigerian border in the early hours of Tuesday, a local official said. “There were seven…

Hundreds in Sudan call for dismissal of UN mission

KHARTOUM, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Sudanese protesters including supporters of Islamist groups rallied in front of the United Nations mission in Khartoum to call for its dismissal. The protests were endorsed by Islamist groups that have criticised efforts by UN envoy Volker Perthes to resolve the political crisis in Sudan since…

Update: Hurricane Agatha leaves at least 10 dead, 20 missing in Mexico

A restaurant is damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha in San Isidro del Palmar, Oaxaca state, Mexico OAXACA (Mexico), June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people have been killed in flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Agatha in southern Mexico, the governor of the southern state of Oaxaca has said. The…

Update: Rwanda vows to retaliate if DR Congo ‘attacks continue’

DRC soldiers take their position following renewed fighting near the border with Rwanda, outside Goma in the North Kivu province KIGALI, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda will retaliate against any further attacks launched from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the East African nation’s foreign minister warned, as tensions between the…

WHO: Africa reports nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases this year

The cases have been reported in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone BRAZZAVILLE, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven African countries have cumulatively reported nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases so far this year, with 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases, the World…

UK: First flight taking Channel migrants to Rwanda set for June 14

 LONDON, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first flight to Rwanda carrying migrants who cross the English Channel is set to leave in two weeks’ time on June 14, the Home Office has said. Officials have begun issuing formal directions to the first people set to be flown to the African…

1st case of monkeypox confirmed in Hungary

Hungary on Tuesday registered its first case of monkeypox BUDAPEST, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hungarian health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first case of monkeypox in a 38-year-old man. The disease does not spread easily, only through close contact, said the chief medical officer Cecilia Muller in a press…

14 miners trapped in Colombian coal mine

 BOGOTA, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen miners are trapped in a coal mine in northern Colombia after an underground explosion, the mayor of the town said on Tuesday. A miner who was above ground at the time was injured by the explosion Monday afternoon, sustaining “burns all over his body,”…