Military-ousted Guinean president Alpha Conde to be prosecuted for murder

Alpha Conde CONAKRY, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea’s public prosecutor has announced that ousted president Alpha Conde will be arraigned for murder and other crimes.Among the other crimes are illegal detentions, abductions, torture, rape and kidnapping undertaken by security forces during mass protests in 2020.Conde was ousted in September 2021 by…

Somalia MPs to elect president on May 15

Somali legislators take oath of office in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s presidential elections will be held on May 15, signalling an end to more than a year of delays in establishing a new government.The decision was announced on Thursday by the chairman of a new parliamentary team…

Peru keeps emergency decree in place for now in conflict over mine

LIMA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru pledged to review conditions around a major cooper mine but said it will not lift by Friday an emergency declaration temporarily suspending civil liberties in the area, a step demanded by indigenous protesters camped out at the mine, forcing its closure. According to a…

Wheatley takes over as British Virgin Islands premier as drug-accused Fahie is ousted

ROAD TOWN, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British Virgin Islands on Thursday swore in Natalio Wheatley as the British overseas territory’s new premier following the removal of ex-premier Andrew Fahie, who was arrested on drug charges in Miami last week. The move may help the territory move beyond the scandal created by Fahie’s…

Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as foreign criticism mounts

Luis Enrique Ramirez Ramos, a journalist who was murdered in Sinaloa, Mexico MEXICO CITY, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican journalist was found dead in the north-western state of Sinaloa on Thursday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country…

World only nonuplets: Mali nonuplets in perfect health on first birthday – Father

Only two other sets of nonuplets have ever been recorded in history, but none of them survived past a few days  BAMAKO, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world’s only nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – are “in perfect health” as they celebrate their first birthday, their…

France June parliamentary elections: Left forms coalition to fight Macron

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the architect of the left-wing pact  PARIS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four left-wing parties in France have agreed in principle to form an alliance to challenge President Emmanuel Macron at June’s parliamentary elections. The Socialists, Greens, Communists and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far-left France Unbowed party reached a draft…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia practises nuclear-capable missile strikes

MOSCOW, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said its forces had practised simulated nuclear-capable missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, amid Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine.   The announcement came on the 70th day of Moscow’s military action in the pro-Western country, with thousands killed and more than 13 million…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: France and India call for immediate end to hostilities

 PARIS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India and France called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again stopping short of condemning Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.    India, which imports much of its military hardware from Russia, has long walked a diplomatic tightrope between…

Covid-19: Pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21 – WHO

  GENEVA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated — up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.   The World Health Organization’s long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic —…