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…
DR Congo: Parents search for missing children post-volcanic eruption
Hundreds of children went missing after Mount Nyiragongo’s eruption GOMA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two weeks after Mount Nyiragongo’s eruption…
Tanzania: President Samia to meet 10,000 women in Dodoma
President Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to meet more than 10,000 women DAR ES SALAAM, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES0 — President…
Blast kills two at checkpoint in southern Libya
SEBHA (Libya), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A blast struck a checkpoint in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on Sunday,…
Netherlands: Trial in MH17 crash to start hearing evidence
BADHOEVEDORP (Netherlands), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dutch judges will on Monday start hearing evidence against three Russian suspects and a…