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 Samia Suluhu Hassan is set to meet more than 10,000 women from the Dodoma region on Tuesday.This was disclosed by Dodoma Regional Commissioner, Anthony Mtaka while speaking to reporters in…

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, killing at least two people including a senior police officer, city officials and medics said.A security source in Sebha said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated…

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 Ukrainian in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine in 2014. The trial formally began in March 2020 but has so far been dealing with legal arguments,…

Covid-19: Spain opens borders to all vaccinated travellers

MÁLAGA (Spain0, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain opens its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world on Monday, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise its all-important tourism sector which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. “Spain is a safe destination,” Health Minister Carolina Darias insisted, adding…

Colombia orders police ‘modernization’ after protest criticism

BOGOTA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia announced an effort to “modernize” the police, who have been widely criticized internationally for the violent repression of anti-government protests. President Ivan Duque said he ordered the creation of “a decree that will modernize the structure of the national police, especially to strengthen the…

US vice president arrives in Guatemala to bring message of ‘hope’

GUATEMALA CITY, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala Sunday, bringing a message of “hope” to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who will also visit Mexico, is…

Nigeria: 5 Biafra rebels killed as Nigerian troops thwart police station attack

ABUJA, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Five Biafra rebels were killed on Sunday as Nigerian troops and police special forces thwarted an attack on a police station in the southern state of Imo, said a spokesperson for the army. The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), an outlawed group, was suspected of…

UN expresses concern over abduction of Libyan Red Crescent Society official

TRIPOLI, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed concern over abduction of the head of the Libyan Red Crescent Society in Ajdabia city, some 900 km east of the capital Tripoli. UNSMIL “is concerned for the safety and security of Mr Mansour Atti al-Maghrbi,…

Peru begins second round of presidential elections

LIMA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru opened on Sunday morning more than 12,000 voting centers for the second round of presidential elections. A total of 25,287,954 Peruvians are eligible to vote in the election, which will decide whether Keiko Fujimori or Pedro Castillo will accede to the presidency for the…

Merkel’s party streaks ahead in state election: exit poll

BERLIN, June 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led its rivals in the election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a big boost of morale for the conservatives in the September federal election. The CDU garnered 36 percent of the votes, up by…