Mali: Military junta named opposition leader as new prime minister
BAMAKO, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leader of Mali’s military junta named Choguel Maiga as the West African nation’s new prime…
Covid-19: WHO urges Covid jab makers to give Covax 50% of doses
GENEVA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Orgamisation called for Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to give Covax first refusal on…
Covid-19 far worse for work than 2008 financial crash: UN
GENEVA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the world of work was…
Pres Putin signs law to pull Russia out of Open Skies treaty
Vladimir Putin, Russian President MOSCOW, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Vladimir Putin has signed a law withdrawing Russia from the…
Update: Death toll in Burkina Faso attack rises to at least 160
OUAGADOUGOU, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in the attack on Burkina Faso has risen to at least 160…
Colombia: Another signatory to the Peace Agreement is killed
BOGOTA, June 7 (NNN-TELESUR) — Colombia’s Institute for Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ) reported the assassination of Jose Alonso, a social…
Update: Peru’s runoff elections – Fujimori slightly ahead but too soon to celebrate
LIMA, June 7 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori was slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo Monday dawn as provisional…
Covid-19: Uganda re-imposes lockdown to beat back case surge
KAMPALA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni re-imposed a strict lockdown that included the closure of schools and…
Covid-19: UK’s PM Johnson calls on G7 to vaccinate world by end of 2022
Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister LONDON, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for leaders of the…
Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely citing platform misuse
Twitter is a popular social media platform in Nigeria ABUJA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigerian government has announced the…