Mozambique uproar over TV panel’s drunk MP

Antonio Muchanga had to be asked to leave the studio MAPUTO, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo has apologised for the embarrassing behaviour of Antonio Muchanga, one of its most prominent MPs, who appeared drunk on a TV political discussion show.Muchanga was so inebriated when he was…

Zambia’s health minister arrested for corruption

Chitalu Chilufya has been health minister for nearly four years LUSAKA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has been arrested on allegations of corruption.The 47-year-old doctor and politician was detained and then freed on bail by the police following an investigation by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).“Dr…

Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality

Homosexuality is still broadly seen as a social taboo in Gabon LIBREVILLE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of Gabon’s lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same…

Covid-19: Death toll nears half a million as cases surge in US, Latin America

WASHINGTON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus cases are surgingacross large parts of the United States and in Latin America,according to experts and figures, highlighting how far the worldremains from stopping the pandemic as the global death toll nearedhalf a million on Wednesday. Six months into a crisis that has devastated…

Indonesian peacekeeper killed in eastern DR Congo: UN

An Indonesian engineering unit and Tanzanian battalion from the UN Mission in DRC, MONUSCO, inspect a bridge in Beni BENI (DR Congo), June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indonesian soldier with the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in DR Congo was killed, and a second was injured, in a militia attack late Monday…

US unrest: Pres Trump threatens force against protesters in US capital

Police officers guard the statue of former US President Andrew Jackson just outside the White House after protesters tried to topple it WASHINGTON, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump delivered a strong warning to protesters in Washington, DC, vowing to use force if they tried to create a police-free…

Russia holds grand WWII parade ahead of vote on Putin reforms

MOSCOW, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Columns of tanks and troops will parade through Red Square on Wednesday as President Vladimir Putin oversees grand World War II commemorations to stir up patriotic fervour ahead of a vote on extending his rule. Forced to postpone the country’s traditional May 9 Victory Day…

Covid-19: Latin America and Caribbean pass 100,000 deaths

MONTEVIDEO, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, more than half of them in Brazil, according to official figures. The pandemic is accelerating across the region, which now has a total of 2.1 million cases, with Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile the most affected…

Covid-19: More than 220 police dead from coronavirus in Peru, 15,000 infected

LIMA, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 223 police officers in Peru have died after contracting the coronavirus while enforcing one of South America’s longest lockdowns, the interior ministry announced. “We have to date 223 police dead and 15,500 infected,” Interior Minister General Gaston Rodriguez told a virtual press conference.…

Six die as small plane crashes in Mexico

CHIHUAHUA (Mexico), June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in a mountainous area of northern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday. Emergency workers recovered the bodies of the pilot and five passengers in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, the local state prosecutors office said. Officials…