Nigeria in trauma after Imo refinery deaths – President Buhari

A picture from the scene of the explosion shows burned out vehicles  ABUJA, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s president has said the country is in “shock and trauma” following the deaths of at least 100 people from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari described the incident…

US Pres Biden says will cooperate with re-elected Macron in ‘defending democracy’

 PARIS, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Western leaders rushed to congratulate France’s President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in elections Sunday. UNITED STATES: President Joe Biden congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election Sunday, calling France a “key partner in addressing global…

Congolese nationals enter Uganda fleeing from fresh fighting

   KAMPALA, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Humanitarian organisations have reported fresh fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with an increasing influx of fresh refugees into Uganda via the Bunagana border point in Western Uganda.  The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) said the refugees were reporting fresh fighting inside DR…

Six soldiers killed, 20 injured in Mali ‘terror’ attacks: army

BAMAKO, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the army said. Targets in Sevare, Niono and Bapho were all hit by “armed terrorist groups (who) used suicide vehicles packed with explosives”, the Malian army said…

Commonwealth Education Ministers meet in Kenya

NAIROBI, April 25 (NNN-KBC) — Fifty-four Education Ministers are among top policymakers expected to gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 21st Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) from Wednesday to Thursday this week.  Hosted by the Government of Kenya in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Kenya’s Ministry of Education, the high-level…

Crew of first private flight to ISS head back to Earth

WASHINGTON, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station departed the orbiting laboratory on Monday to head back to Earth. The three businessmen and a former NASA astronaut had spent more than two weeks on the station on a history-making mission…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Zelensky meets Blinken, Austin in Kyiv

KYIV, April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv, his office said. It was the first meeting between Zelensky and US officials since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb 24. “Today the Ukrainian…

Sudan group says renewed tribal clashes kill 168 in Darfur

DARFUR (Sudan), April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region Sunday killed 168 people, a local aid group said, one of the deadliest bouts of violence in the country in recent years. The fighting in West Darfur province comes as Sudan has been…

Ugandan, Rwandan leaders agree on joint approach on insecurity in eastern DR Congo

EAC leaders in Nairobi, Kenya KAMPALA, April 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and visiting Rwandan leader Paul Kagame agreed to push for joint regional peace and stability to address the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Museveni said the problems affecting the region like the…

No ‘significant’ harm from Galapagos diesel spill: Reserve

Volunteers spread absorbent cloths on a beach in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, to absorb the spilled oil PUERTO AYORA (Ecuador), April 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A diesel spill off one of Ecuador’s ecologically sensitive Galapagos islands caused no “significant” damage, the protected nature reserve said. A scuba diving boat sank off Santa…