Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine’s northern regions say Russian troops have mostly withdrawn

KIEV, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials in Ukraine’s northern regions said Russian troops there had fully withdrawn or significantly reduced in number, leaving mines and damaged military vehicles behind. Ukraine has reported Russian troops drawing back or being pushed back in the north since Russia announced last Tuesday that it…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US Pres Biden calls for ‘war crimes trial’ over Bucha killings; Ukraine Pres Zelensky says it genocide

 WASHINGTON, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial over the alleged atrocities against civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, and said he wants more sanctions imposed on Russia. Calling President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” and the killings “a war crime,” Biden told reporters there…

Features: Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungle

BOGOTA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Far from the flowery fields that are their natural home, honey bees imperiled by pesticides in rural Colombia are finding sanctuary on university campuses in the bustling capital Bogota.   Even though hives are banned from the city due to the risk the insects’ stings…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ecuador banana industry slips over war in Ukraine

EL TRIUNFO (Ecuador), April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Until recently, the incessant bustle of Ecuadoran banana plantations provided evidence of the industry’s robust export business. But from one week to the next, the groves have fallen silent — trade victims to a conflict half a world away.    Ecuador is the…

Nigeria: 15 more Boko Haram fighters and families surrender in Borno State

Nigeria, Boko Haram members surrender ABUJA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen members of the Boko Haram and elements of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have laid down their arms and surrendered to troops of the Nigerian military.A Security Analyst and Counter-Insurgency Expert in the North…

Uganda deports top Rwandan rebel, Robert Mukombozi

Rwandan exiled opposition figure, Robert Mukombozi KAMPALA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda said they have deported a leading figure in a banned Rwandan opposition group, in a further sign of warming ties between Kampala and Kigali after years of tensions.The expulsion of Robert Mukombozi of the exiled Rwandan National Congress…

Uganda: Two confess to killing three geologists and two soldiers during mineral mapping exercise

The suspects arrested for killing the geologists KAMPALA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police’s Anti Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have arrested two key suspects in the killing of three geologists and two soldiers in Moroto District in Uganda last month.Three officials, including one of the…

Nigeria: Suspected herdsmen kill 12 villagers in plateau community to avenge death of poisoned cattle

ABUJA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 12 villagers have been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in Plateau State, Nigeria.The Fulani herders were said to have attacked villages of Irigwe tribe in the Bassa Local Government Area and killed 12 persons in reprisal after 19 cows belonging to the herders…

Three killed, one injured as mine collapses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Kigamboni, A minning community in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were killed in Tanzania and one injured after a mine they were working at Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam collapsed.The deceased and the injured were loading pebbles onto a car at the Kikikaka Mjimwema mine when…

Train derails in DR Congo, kills seven

DR Congo, people killed in train accident KINSHASA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least seven people died when a goods train derailed in the South-East Democratic Republic of Congo, the second accident in the area in a fortnight.The accident occurred in the village of Buyofwe, Lualaba province on Saturday. In…