Nigeria: US donates US$2 million worth of nuclear detectors to police

ABUJA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States government donated five nuclear detector cans to the Nigeria police to assist the outfit in checking terrorism in the country. The equipment, which were donated to the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the police, are also meant to strengthen their capacity…

Uganda: Suspected rustlers kill geologists, UPDF soldiers in Karamoja

 An intern from Makerere University, Edna Musiime (left) and Richard Kigwe (right) KAMPALA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A combination of suspected armed Matheniko –Turkana raiders murdered three geologists on a mineral mapping mission in Karamoja, the Ugandan army said as the security situation deteriorates in the sub-region. Two soldiers of…

6.0-magnitude quake hits coastal Ecuador, damaging houses, hospitals

The USGS said the quake’s epicenter was 88.5 km north-west of Portoviejo at a depth of 10 km below the Pacific seabed QUITO, March 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the coastal province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, damaging residences, hospitals, and public buildings, authorities said. The earthquake occurred at 11:28…

South Sudan official calls on Sudanese parties for talks to achieve stability

KHARTOUM, March 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — A senior security official from South Sudan called for talks between Sudan’s political parties and national forces in order to reach a consensus for the country’s stability. During his meeting with Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Tut Gatluak, South Sudan’s presidential…

Spain: Thousands protest in Madrid against abortion

MADRID, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people marched though Madrid to protest against abortion, as Spain’s leftist government prepares a law to guarantee access to the procedure at public hospitals. Carrying signs that read “Abortion is not right” and chanting “More respect for life”, demonstrators walked through the centre…

Russia and Azerbaijan trade barbs over Nagorno-Karabakh

A Russian peacekeeping tank near the border with Armenia BAKU, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and Azerbaijan traded barbs over the movement of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh where a simmering dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020. Azeri troops in 2020 drove ethnic Armenian forces…

Ugandans feel the pinch of higher prices of goods

KAMPALA, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — High prices of imported raw materials and shipping costs and the uncertainty of fuel supplies in Uganda have triggered inflationary effects in the past three months causing the prices of goods in the country to go up.The crisis presents difficult economic choices for both government…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: New talks this week; France says world powers must ‘keep talking’ with Putin

KYIV, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine said that a second round of conflict talks between negotiators from Kyiv and Moscow will take place in Turkey from Monday, just over one month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Today, during another round of video negotiations, it was decided to hold the next…

Malta’s Labour Party wins general election with comfortable majority, PM says

Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela casts his vote in Marsascala, Malta VALLETTA, March 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Malta’s Labour Party has won the general election with a comfortable majority, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced on Sunday. Speaking during a telephone call with the national broadcaster, Abela said that according to calculations…

UK: Prince William says people in ex-colonies must decide monarchy’s role

LONDON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prince William ended a turbulent tour of  the Caribbean by starkly admitting this weekend that the region’s former British colonies must decide whether to scrap the monarchy’s role in their countries. The 39-year-old Duke of Cambridge also hinted that a British royal may in future no longer head…