France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic

Some military personnel from the French army PARIS, June 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — France suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic “complicit” in an anti-French campaign.The French military ministry said on Monday that it considered the Central African state as “complicit”…

Covid-19: Nigeria bans meals during domestic flights, food distributed upon disembarkation

Pre-packaged meals must not be consumed onboard the airplane ABUJA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed all domestic airlines to serve only pre-packaged catering products (meals, snacks) in sealed containers to their passengers during disembarkation.NCAA also warned that these pre-packaged meals must not be consumed…

Nigeria in talks with Twitter over ban as it meets U.S. officials in Abuja

play videoOver 39 million Nigerians have a Twitter account ABUJA, June 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigerian officials and U.S diplomatic officials met over the former’s ban on Twitter in the country.The suspension of the social media giant has sparked global outcry over what they call a threat to freedom of expression.Nigeria’s…

Sudan: Tribal clashes in Darfur kill at least 36

Troops were deployed to control the clash in the area of Um Dafur KHARTOUM, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tribal clashes erupted over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region, killing at least 36 people, the state-run news agency reported.The clashes broke out in South Darfur province…

French President Macron slapped during crowd stop

TAIN-L’HERMITAGE (France), June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped across the face by a bystander during a trip to southeast France on Tuesday in a security scare on the second stop of a nationwide tour. Images on social media and broadcast on the BFM news channel showed…

Nuclear weapons spending swelled $1.4 bn amid pandemic: report

GENEVA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Even as the pandemic raged and economies around the world were devastated, nuclear-armed countries last year increased spending on atomic weapon arsenals by 1.4 billion dollars, campaigners said. In a fresh report, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) detailed how the world’s nine…

South African mom delivers 10 children to set new world record

Gosiame Thamara Sithole, record breaking mom PRETORIA, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African mother has given birth to 10 children at a hospital in the capital Pretoria, local news portal Pretoria News have reported.The development means that 37-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole has broken the world record for number of…

Covid-19: Global deaths toll reach 3.7 million

PARIS, June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,739,777 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled at 1000 GMT on Tuesday. At least 173,537,280 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered,…

Brazil deploys national guard to contain outbreak of violence in Manaus

MANAUS (Amazonia, Brazil), June 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s Justice Minister Anderson Torres gave the green light for national forces to intervene in the capital city of the state of Amazonia, Manaus, which has been ransacked by acts of violence and looting over the past month. Torres was acknowledging requests for…

Burkina Faso: PM vows ‘sweep’ after deadly militant attack

Armed men suspected to be militants attacked the village of Solhan in the Yagha province SEBBA (Burkina Faso), June 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The attack that left 160 people dead last weekend in northern Burkina Faso “will not go unpunished,” Burkinabe Prime Minister Christophe Dabire promised.“This deadly incursion will not go…