UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto

UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday to automatically meet within 10 days, if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its five permanent members. China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States have the power to veto Security…

Three lions found dead in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park, believed electrocuted

KAMPALA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three female lions have been found dead with their bodies slumped against an electrified fence of a safari lodge in Uganda, bordering the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) says it suspects that the adult lioness and two cubs may have…

Senate Speaker re-elected in Somalia, a key step towards presidential elections

MOGADISHU, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Speaker of Somalia’s Senate has been re-elected, a key step for the country to be able to hold presidential elections. Abdi Hashi Abdullahi was re-elected by the 54-seat upper house during a vote that took place in a highly secured compound in the capital,…

Global donors asked to step-up funding to curb starvation in Horn of Africa

Esther Lobolia fetches water from a shallow well in Kaita Kapel Village in Turkana North UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Over 14 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya – about half of them children – are on the verge of starvation with warnings that this number could rise…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia to suspend natural gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria

WARSAW/SOFIA, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russia is to halt natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria from Wednesday, according to energy companies and authorities. Poland’s state oil and gas company PGNiG said that Russia’s energy corporation Gazprom will suspend its gas supplies to Poland from Wednesday evening. “PGNiG has received…

UN official lauds Cameroon’s efforts in hosting external refugees

YAOUNDE, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — The government of Cameroon has demonstrated an exceptional amount of generosity and understanding by agreeing to play host to refugees from strife-torn neighboring countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said. “I am so grateful to Cameroon for hosting the refugees. I…

Moroccan navy rescues 192 illegal migrants: media

RABAT, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Moroccan navy units rescued 192 illegal migrants off the kingdom’s Mediterranean and Atlantic shores, the official news agency MAP reported Tuesday. Citing a military source, MAP said most of the migrants rescued in the operation overnight on Monday are from sub-Saharan Africa, including women…

Indigenous leader calls for UN probe into Canada’s role in human rights abuses at residential schools

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — An indigenous leader is pressing the United Nations to investigate alleged genocide by the Canadian government in residential schools for indigenous children. “The Canadian government established what I call ‘institutions of assimilation and genocide,'” said RoseAnne…

Covid-19: Colombia to lift mandatory use of face masks from May 1

BOGOTA, April 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombia will lift the mandatory use of face masks on May 1, while the COVID-19 health emergency will be extended until June 30, Colombian President Ivan Duque announced. “As of May 1, the use of face masks will be lifted in closed spaces, with the…

US shooting: 11-year-old battling for his life after being shot at skating rink, 13-year-old suspect arrested

D’Mari Johnson, 11, was allegedly shot by a 13-year-old boy ATLANTA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Georgia have arrested a 13-year-old boy suspected of shooting an 11-year-old at the back of the head. According to WSB-TV, the April 10 incident occurred outside the Golden Glide skating rink in Decatur.…