Covid-19: US to end policy expelling migrants over Covid

WASHINGTON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US will halt a pandemic policy that allowed migrants to be swiftly expelled over concerns about spreading Covid-19. The policy known as Title 42 will end on May 23 after more than two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Aimed…

UK: Search under way in English Channel for missing small plane with 2 onboard

PARIS, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A small plane flying from the UK has vanished over the English Channel, prompting a search for debris. The plane, thought to be a PA-28, went missing on a journey from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, to Le Touquet, France, at around midday on Saturday. The French Coastguard…

Kenya: Government warns oil marketing companies against withholding fuel

NAIROBI, April 3 (NNN-KBC) — The Kenyan Government has directed all Oil Marketing Companies in the country to immediately release petroleum supplies to customers in order to alleviate the current supply crisis. Amid long queues being witnessed at retail stations in most parts of the country, the Energy and Petroleum…

UNICEF launches life-skills clubs initiative in 6 Libyan schools

Return to learning a priority for children to catch-up on education in the Middle East and North Africa TRIPOLI, April 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday announced an initiative to develop life-skills clubs in six schools in Libya. The life-skills clubs to be developed in…

Argentina reaffirms “unwavering objective of recovering full sovereignty” over Malvinas Islands from Britain

Malvinas Islands BUENOS AIRES, April 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Argentine government on Saturday reaffirmed its “unwavering objective of recovering full sovereignty” over the Malvinas Islands, 40 years after the conflict with Britain over control of the South Atlantic territory ended. “The Malvinas were, they are, and will be Argentinean, and…

UN pays tribute to 8 peacekeepers killed in DRC helicopter crash

Peacekeepers attend a memorial service in Goma in a final tribute to the eight peacekeepers who died during a helicopter crash Tuesday GOMA (DR Congo), April 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) paid a final tribute Saturday to the eight peacekeepers who died…

Swedish govt paves way for extradition of Genocide suspect Micomyiza to Rwanda

STOCKHOLM, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Sweden has given the green light to the extradition of Jean-Paul Micomyiza, 49, to Rwanda where he is accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.This comes three months after a top Swedish Court on Dec 21, 2021, found no…

Morocco inaugurates International Centre for Research on Prevention of Child Soldiers

Morocco inaugurated the International Centre for Research on the Prevention of Child Soldiers RABAT, April 3 (NNN-GNA) — Morocco has inaugurated the International Centre for Research on the Prevention of Child Soldiers with the aim of contributing to the fight against the recruitment of child soldiers, through the dissemination of…

Niger Republic pledges to help Nigeria fight banditry and other security threats

President Buhari and President Mohammed Bazoum ABUJA, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Mohammed Bazoum of the Niger Republic has pledged his country’s support to help Nigeria tackle banditry and other security threats.Bazoum said this when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.According to him, Nigeria’s support…

Tanzanian President Samia makes mini cabinet reshuffle

Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s President DAR ES SALAAM, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has made a mini reshuffle, nearly three months after she made major changes to the Cabinet that saw her deal firmly with emerging dissent in her party and bring her loyalists into government.In…