Pres Samia: How Tanzania used IMF, AfDB loans to improve livelihoods

Tanzania’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan ACCRA (Ghana), May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has defended her usage of loans from multilateral lenders, telling an audience in Accra that the institutions were her country’s lifeline in the Covid-19 pandemic.Samia, appearing on a panel alongside Presidents of Ghana, Mozambique,…

Oklahoma governor approves strictest abortion ban in US

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The governor of the US state of Oklahoma on Wednesday signed into law a bill that bars nearly all abortions after fertilization, the country’s strictest ban yet on the procedure. “I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation…

Niger says army killed 40 jihadists on Lake Chad islands

NIAMEY, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Niger government said that the army had killed around 40 Boko Haram jihadists in overnight fighting on islets in Lake Chad. “Some 100 Boko Haram fighters arrived in four large wooden canoes and an armed speedboat” and attempted to attack troops on the islets…

Cameroon: Cholera kills 140 people in seven months

YAOUNDE, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A spike in cholera in Cameroon has killed 140 people since October last year, Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said. “The updated epidemiological situation report shows a total of 7,287 notified cases, including 140 deaths, since October 2021,” he said in a statement. “Three regions…

Senegal: 11 babies killed in hospital fire

DAKAR, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the president of the country said late Wednesday.  Just before midnight in Senegal, Macky Sall announced on Twitter that 11 infants had died in the blaze. “I have just learned…

Canada police say they barred Trudeau from fundraising event over safety concerns

OTTAWA, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian police said they had barred Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from a fundraising event over safety concerns after protesters with several cars and trucks started gathering outside the venue. Trudeau had been due to address an event held by the ruling Liberal Party in the…

More than 200 cases of monkeypox worldwide: EU disease agency

STOCKHOLM, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union’s disease agency. More than a dozen countries where monkeypox is unusual, mostly in Europe, have reported at least one confirmed…

US shooting/violence: World voices horror as latest school massacre dents US image

WASHINGTON, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world voiced revulsion at the massacre of Texas schoolchildren, which for some raised new questions on whether the United States can effectively promote itself as a global model. President Joe Biden, who has made championing democracy a key priority, appeared conscious of the damage to…

Aung San Suu Kyi’s family file complaint at UN against her detention in Myanmar

GENEVA, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Relatives of Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday filed a complaint before a UN watchdog against her detention following a military coup last year, their lawyers said. Since a coup ousted her government in February 2021, plunging Myanmar into upheaval, the 76-year-old Nobel…

Spain to buy monkeypox vaccine as cases reach 55

MADRID, May 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain will buy monkeypox vaccine, the health minister said, as the number of cases in the country reached 55. Health Minister Carolina Darias said the government would purchase Imvanex vaccine, which is made by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, but she did not specify the…