Covid-19: Rwanda reinstates lockdown in parts of capital

Residents say they had little warning KIGALI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwandan authorities have imposed a stay-at-home order in parts of the capital, Kigali, following a rise in new cases of coronavirus. People living in Gikondo Hill in Kicukiro District, and some parts of Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge district, have…

Nigeria condemns attack on embassy in Jakarta by its citizens living in Indonesia

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA/JAKARTA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s government has condemned Thursday’s attack on its embassy in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, by its citizens living in the country.The Nigerian nationals stormed the embassy and vandalised vehicles in the compound. They accused embassy officials of not offering help when they…

Covid-19: South Africans call for school closure as students test positive for coronavirus

204 students tested positive at a boarding school in South Africa PRETORIA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Calls for the closure of South African schools are growing as 204 people, mostly learners, tested positive at a boarding school in the Eastern Cape. Makaula Senior Secondary School in KwaBhaca has since been…

Hundreds killed in Mali as security deteriorates – UN

GENEVA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations’ human rights chief says 580 civilians have been killed so far this year in central Mali.Michelle Bachelet said the security situation was deteriorating, with multiple groups carrying out the killings.The UN says ethnic militias originally formed to protect the Fulani and Dogon…

Russia plans to take first tourist on space walk in 2023

MOSCOW, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s Energia space corporation said it will take the first tourist on a space walk in 2023, under the terms of a new contract with a US partner. Energia has inked a contract with Space Adventures, which promises to take two space tourists to the…

Covid-19: Europe-wide study shows child deaths ‘extremely rare’

PARIS, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fewer than one in a hundred children who test positive for COVID-19 end up dying although a small but significant percentage develop severe illness, a new Europe-wide study showed. A team of researchers led by experts in Britain, Austria and Spain looked at the outcomes…

Covid-19: Kenyan police fire on protesting motorcycle taxi drivers killing 3

NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan police killed three people when they fired on a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus restrictions. Police shot at the crowd in the western city of Lessos after clashes, a police statement said. “I have ordered…

US restricts visas to Chinese officials over Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it was restricting visas to a number of Chinese officials forinfringing on the autonomy of Hong Kong. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would restrictvisas for unspecified current and former officials linked of theChinese Communist Party “who were…

Covid-19: Up to 8% of US population has been infected with virus – officials

WASHINGTON, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Between five and eight percent of the total US population has experienced infection with the new coronavirus, a top health body said as it warned pregnant women were at higher risk of getting severe COVID-19. The estimate for infections by the Centers for Disease Control…

Covid-19: Over $30 bn needed to develop tests, treatments, vaccines – WHO

GENEVA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization saidthat a global initiative to speed up the development andproduction of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments will requiremore than $30 billion over the next year. Providing details of the so-called ACT accelerator, launched inApril and aimed at pooling international resources to…