40 dead in attack on displaced people in DR Congo

     BUNIA (DR Congo), Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 people were killed when knife-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group and local sources said Wednesday.    “At least 40 civilians were killed with edged weapons last night in Plaine Savo” in Djugu…

Somalia: Ten killed as rival clans clash in Central Somalia as court sentenced five al-Shabaab fighters to death

Somalia: Ten killed as rival clans clash in Central Somalia GALKAYO (Somalia), Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed and 15 were wounded when rival clan militias clashed in central Somalia, residents and community elders said. The battle broke out in the neighborhoods of the Balanbal district…

US to send warship, fighter jets to UAE after Yemen attacks: statement

 WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will deploy a guided missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels, a US statement said Wednesday. The deployment, to “assist the UAE against the current threat”, follows…

Peru’s Pres Castillo names new PM who pushes for redrafting the constitution

Peru’s President Pedro Castillo LIMA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Leftist Peruvian President Pedro Castillo named Hector Valer as his new prime minister on Tuesday, a surprise appointment of a moderate lawmaker who belongs to a bloc whose main agenda is to push for the redrafting of the country’s constitution. Valer…

UN appoints Maj Gen Benjamin Sawyerr Interim Security Force for Abyei

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (NNN-KBC) — Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr of Nigeria has been appointed Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. According to a statement by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Maj Gen Sawyerr takes…

EU reaffirms its commitment to support EAC in curbing trans-national crimes

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 2 (NNN-KBC) — The European Union (EU) has reiterated its willingness to support East African Community (EAC) Partner States to curb cross-border security threats in the region.   The Head of the EU Delegation to Tanzania and the EAC, Amb. Manfredo Fanti, disclosed that the EU…

Hungary’s Orban pledges cooperation with Russian Pres Putin in storm of Ukraine crisis

Orban has had friendly relations with Putin while presiding over deteriorating ties with Brussels MOSCOW, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday, pledging cooperation with Moscow for years to come in a trip criticised by his EU allies. Orban…

Covid-19: Work on Sputnik V recognition underway, WHO official says

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (NNN-TASS) — The World Health Organization has been actively working with the Russian side on the approval of the Sputnik V vaccine and will send a new inspection to Russia to assess production this month, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said in an interview with…

Nine killed in Colombia army raid on Gulf Clan drug cartel

BOGOTA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least nine people were killed Tuesday in northwestern Colombia in an army raid on the Gulf Clan drug cartel, whose commander was captured last October.   The operation began early Tuesday and was still underway in the evening when Defense Minister Diego Molano announced…

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 1,192 In Kaduna State in 2021

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. ABUJA, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — A total of 1,192 people were killed and 3,348 others kidnapped in 2021 in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna, according to official data. In a security report for…