UN concerned about allegations of beheadings, use of child soldiers in Mozambique

UNITED NATIONS, April 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations and humanitarian partners are deeply concerned about allegations of beheadings and unverified reports of the use of child soldiers in Mozambique, a UN spokesman said. The allegations in reports of violations against civilians by non-state armed groups and clashes in Cabo…

UN envoy to make Myanmar diplomatic push

UNITED NATIONS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s special envoy for Myanmar is to embark on an Asian tour to step up diplomatic efforts to tackle the crisis, as the death toll from the junta’s crackdown on dissent passed 600 on Friday. The push by Christine Schraner Burgener comes amid…

Nigeria: 11 soldiers killed in ‘unprovoked’ attack in Benue State

Samuel Ortom is governor of Nigeria’s Benue State ABUJA, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One army officer and 10 soldiers were killed in Nigeria’s Benue state in what a spokesman said was an unprovoked attack on Thursday.The army said in a statement that it would “fish out and deal decisively with…

Djibouti presidential election: Ismail Omar Guelleh, president for 22 years, set to win new 5-year mandate

DJIBOUTI, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Voting has begun in Djibouti where Ismail Omar Guelleh is seeking an all but assured fifth term as the president of the small but strategically located nation he has ruled for 22 years.Some 215,000 citizens are registered to vote in the ballot on Friday pitting…

3,000-year-old city lost in sands discovered in Egypt’s Luxor

CAIRO, April 9 (NNN-TASS) — A city that has been lost in sands and was founded more than 3,400 years ago has been unearthed in Luxor, south Egypt, Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian archeological mission that is responsible for the discovery, said. According to the famous Egyptologist who used…

Soyuz crew to blast off and mark 60 years of spaceflight

ALMATY (Kazakhstan), April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. Reminders of Gagarin’s achievement were everywhere at the Russia-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…

Covid-19: WHO records over 667,000 new daily cases worldwide

GENEVA, April 9 (NNN-TASS) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded 132.73 million across the globe, growing by more than 667,000 cases in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization reported. This is the highest single-day figure since Jan 17, the WHO said, reporting 132,730,691 coronavirus cases…

Belfast in turmoil as Brexit stokes tensions in Northern Ireland

BELFAST, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rioters waged a running battle with police in Belfast on Thursday night — tossing petrol bombs, setting fires and dodging jets from water cannon as a week of unrest showed no sign of letting up. Hundreds of boys and young men gathered from early evening…

China launches new satellite for space environment survey

TAIYUAN (China), April 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – China successfully sent an experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province Friday. The satellite, the third of the Shiyan-6 series, was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 7:01 a.m. (Beijing Time). It will…

US blacklists Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise

Anti-coup protesters run from the military during a demonstration in Yangon WASHINGTON, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta’s ability to generate revenues, according to a statement. The move is the latest…