US shooting: One dead, three wounded in Santa Rosa gang-related drive-by shooting

SANTA ROSA (California, US), July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was dead and three others wounded in an early Monday morning gang-related, drive-by shooting in a Santa Rosa neighborhood as a gathering was in the midst of a July 4th celebration, authorities said. Santa Rosa police Sgt. Christopher Mahurin said…

Nigeria: 1 child died, 2 injured when IED hidden in popular juice bottles exploded – Police

KADUNA (Nigeria), July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 7-year-old child in Nigeria’s Kaduna state was killed and two others injured when improvised explosive devices concealed in three bottles of a popular children’s yoghurt drink they were playing with exploded, police said.The state police spokesperson, Muhammed Jalige said: “Three children picked up…

Huge Cyprus fire ‘under full control’: Forestry department

NICOSIA, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Cyprus Forestry Department said that a deadly fire, the island’s worst in decades, was now “under full control”.    The blaze, fanned by strong winds, broke out Saturday afternoon and swept through the southern foothills of the Troodos mountain range, leaving four Egyptian labourers…

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 140 school students, 25 escaped; 4th mass school kidnapping in Kaduna since December

 KADUNA (Nigeria), July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targeting school children and students. Heavily-armed criminal gangs often attack villages to loot, steal cattle and abduct for ransom in northwest…

21 migrants’ bodies retrieved off Tunisia: authorities

TUNIS, July 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coastguards in Tunisia retrieved the bodies of 21 sub-Saharan migrants and rescued 50 after their boat sank off the port city of Sfax, authorities said on Monday. “Twenty-one bodies of migrants were recovered after their boat was shipwrecked on July 4, and 50 were rescued,”…

Chad’s new leader Mahamat Deby on a ‘friendship and working’ visit to France

N’DJAMENA, July 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Head of the military junta and president of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, left N’Djamena for a “friendship and working visit” to France, his office announced. The 37-year-old four-star general has been leading a Transitional Military Council (TMC) of 15 generals since the death of…

Portugal, Italy send humanitarian aid to Mozambique

MAPUTO, July 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Humanitarian aid from Portugal and Italy, begins to arrive in Mozambique to support the populations affected by the conflict in Cabo Delgado. The first of three planned flights landed on Saturday.   The latest chapter in this violent, three-year saga — an attack last month…

Cyprus: Nations send help to tackle worst wildfire in decades

The wildfire started on Saturday, and is quickly spreading  NICOSIA, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several nations have answered Cyprus’s appeal to help tackle a huge wildfire, described by officials as the worst in the country’s history. The UK, Greece, Italy and Israel are among those helping, including with firefighting aircraft.…

At least 8 employees kidnapped from medical centre in Nigeria

 KANO (Nigeria), July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight medical centre employees were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, although local sources said more people had been taken. A large number of unidentified armed men attacked Kaduna state’s Saye Tuberculosis and Leprosy Health Centre at around 1500 GMT, after a…

Covid-19: Queen Elizabeth honours Britain’s health service for pandemic work

The award of the George Cross comes amid outcry from medical professionals over pay and working conditions in the NHS LONDON, July 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Queen Elizabeth has awarded Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) the George Cross: the highest civilian gallantry award: in recognition of 73 years of dedicated service,…