Tunisia sends 120 troops for UN mission in Central African Republic CAR

It is the first time a Tunisian contingent is deployed in the country TUNIS, Sept 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Tunisia sends 120 troops to reinforce United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic to reinforce its helicopter unit.The deployment is part of a UN Security Council resolution in March to beef…

353 Nigerian doctors move to UK as more contemplating working overseas

Overall 8000 Nigerian doctors currently practise in UK ABUJA, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 353 Nigerian doctors have been registered to work in the United Kingdom in the last 100 days.Checks on the General Medical Council website – the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical…

Nigeria borrows fresh $4bn through Eurobonds

ABUJA, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria has borrowed another $4bn through Eurobonds, raising its Eurobond debt from $10.37bn as of the end of March to $14.37bn. The amount was raised after an intensive two days of virtual meetings with investors across the globe.The Debt Management Office (DMO) disclosed this in…

Germany nominates Tedros for new term as WHO chief: ministry

BERLIN, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany is nominating Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a new term as the head of the World Health Organization, the health ministry said.    With Germany’s nomination secured, the 56-year-old former health minister appeared to be the only person in the race a day before the deadline for submissions…

Military plane with six on board disappears in Russia

MOSCOW, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Russian An-26 military transport aircraft with six people on board disappeared Wednesday near the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, the emergencies ministry said.     The ministry said that at 6:45 pm local time (0845 GMT) it learned that “an An-26 aircraft had disappeared from radar 38 kilometres…

Nigeria: Insurgency in the North East Killed 300,000 Children – Unicef

ABUJA, Sept 22 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has reported that more than 300,000 children have died and over one million pushed out of school in 12 years of an insurgency in Nigeria’s North East region. New data from the agency on the condition of children in…

Man arrested in New York for threatening to kill Dominican president

Dominican President Luis Abinader NEW YORK, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Federal authorities in New York have arrested a man who they say threatened to kill the president of the Dominican Republic, who is in the city for the UN General Assembly. Enrique Figueroa, 47, began threatening President Luis Abinader on…

Russia, Zimbabwe sign MOU on cooperation in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy

VIENNA (Austria), Sept 22 (NNN-KBC) — Russia and Zimbabwe signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy on the sidelines of the 65th IAEA General Conference in Vienna. From the Russian side, the document was signed by Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation…

Ten passengers feared dead in lake Victoria after boat capsizes

NAIROBI, Sept 22 (NNN-KBC) — Two passengers were confirmed dead, while eight others are still missing after a boat they were sailing capsized in Lake Victoria. Six people were rescued during the incident near Pier Beach within Homa-Bay town when travelling to Ndhuru beach in Mbita Sub County Tuesday evening.…

US House passes bill to avoid gov’t shutdown, suspend debt limit

The US Capitol building WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — The US House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed a bill that would prevent a federal government shutdown and suspend the debt limit on government borrowing into December 2022. The bill now heads to the Senate, where the Senate Republicans have…