Algeria’s incumbent FLN gets most seats in parliamentary poll

 ALGIERS, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s incumbent National Liberation Front (FLN) won the most seats in legislative elections held earlier this month that saw record levels of abstention, final results announced late Wednesday showed. Once the only party allowed, the FLN secured 98 of the parliament’s 407 seats in the…

Covid-19: Spain declares an end to outdoor use of masks from June 26

Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez MADRID, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Spanish Government is going to prohibit the use of masks from Saturday, June 26 in outdoor spaces, whenever it is possible to comply with social distancing.The new rule will allow citizens to walk down the street without the…

Covid-19: Tanzania kept stats despite non-cooperation with WHO, AU – Minister

A freshly dug grave at a burial site in the capital, Dodoma DAR ES SALAAM, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tanzanian government disclosed that it never stopped keeping track of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country despite having stopped releasing data in May 2020.Deputy Health minister Godwin Mollel said that…

All foreign forces must withdraw from Libya – US insists

BERLIN, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya as part of the Berlin summit on the pacification of the country.“The October 23 ceasefire agreement must be fully implemented, including the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya,”…

Former PM of Ivory Coast sentenced to life imprisonment

Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister and Presidential candidate Guillaume Soro ABIDJAN, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro was on Wednesday sentenced, in absentia, to life imprisonment for “undermining state security” for acts committed in late 2019.The Abidjan court also sentenced…

Peru presidential elections: Fujimori camp repeats claims of ‘fraud’ after US election praise

LIMA, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The team of Peru’s rightwing presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori repeated claims of election fraud Wednesday after the United States declared the ballot “free, fair, accessible and peaceful.” According to the unconfirmed vote count, leftist rival Pedro Castillo received 50.12 percent of ballots in the June…

US pullout from Afghanistan marches ahead as Taliban reportedly seizes more districts

WASHINGTON, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan — ordered by President Joe Biden in April after nearly two decades in the country — is marching ahead despite the growing threat by Taliban rebels to seize power. Biden set a deadline for the final drawdown of troops…

Nicaragua’s Ortega calls arrested opponents ‘criminals’ and US ‘agents’

MANAGUA, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said that 19 of his opponents who have been arrested just five months before his country’s presidential election are not candidates or politicians, but rather “criminals” who “attacked the country’s security” by trying to foment a coup. “That is what we…

Mozambique: Army-militants clashed as regional bloc SADC approves force deployment

MAPUTO, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militants clashed with Mozambican government forces in a new bout of attacks in Palma district near a multi-million-dollar gas plant, military and security sources said Wednesday. The clashes occurred Wednesday afternoon as Southern African regional leaders met in Maputo and approved the deployment of a…

Canada: PM Trudeau survives vote of no confidence

   OTTAWA, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The minority government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence Wednesday in a face-off over the proposed budget, eliminating the possibility of early elections this summer. The House of Commons voted 211 to 121 in favor of approving the…