Another Caribbean country planning to remove Queen Elizabeth as Head of State

The Caribbean island of Belize has signaled its intention to become a republic BELMOPAN (Belize), April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Belize has signaled its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as the Caribbean nation’s Head of State and officially become a republic. The announcement comes in the wake of other Caribbean…

Gunmen attack Nigerian military checkpoint in Bayelsa, one dead

Released image of the abducted passengers ABUJA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One gunman was shot dead and a military personnel injured following an early morning attack on a military checkpoint in Ogboinbiri Community in Nigeria at a wellhead owned by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Seibou oil field…

Rwanda looks to more tech solutions to fight malaria

A drone deployed in the spraying of larvicide that target mosquito-prone areas KIGALI, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Technological innovations will be one of the ways to end deaths stemming from malaria disease.This was one of the revelations by government officials as Rwanda joined the rest of the world to mark…

US slavery: Harvard to spend $100 million to address past ties to slavery

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusett CAMBRIDGE (Massachusett, US), April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Many US universities in recent years have begun to evaluate their connections to slavery, and Harvard is one of them. On Tuesday, the university announced a $100 million fund to redress its ties to slavery following…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia ‘ready to cooperate’ with UN to help civilians in Ukraine – Lavrov

 MOSCOW, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for Moscow and Kyiv to work together to set up aid and evacuation corridors in war-torn Ukraine, during a visit to Russia. “We urgently need humanitarian corridors that are truly safe and effective,” he told a press conference after talks…

Russian fuel depot close to Ukraine border in flames

MOSCOW, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A large fuel depot in a Russian town near the border with Ukraine was on fire Monday, the emergency situations ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. “A fire has been reported at the Transneft Bryansk-Druzhba fuel depot in Bryansk,” around 150 kilometres…

Ex-Gitmo detainee sues Canada over alleged role in his detention

Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 51, NOUAKCHOTT, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Guantanamo detainee who spent 14 years without trial is suing Canada over its alleged role in his imprisonment. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 51, claims that Canadian authorities provided false information concerning the period when he was a permanent resident in Montreal in…

Libya state oil company says armed clashes at key oil port damaged storage tanks

The Libyan flag flutters outside an oil refinery in Zawiya TRIPOLI, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s state oil company said armed clashes at the western port of Zawiya have damaged several storage tanks, as a worsening political crisis engulfs the OPEC member’s energy sector. “Preliminary assessments indicate that 29 sites,…

US: 15 migrants, driver injured after chase with Texas deputies

People crossing the US southern border without permission often hire help from smugglers SAN ANTONIO (Texas), April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen migrants and another individual were injured after the truck they were in rolled over following a high-speed chase with Texas deputies on Sunday, according to authorities. A deputy had…

El Salvador extends emergency powers to fight gangs

SAN SALVADOR, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a month-long extension of emergency measures that rights groups say infringe civil liberties but which President Nayib Bukele has said are necessary after a surge of gang killings. The measures, which enact emergency powers to limit some constitutional rights, went…