Update: Nigeria militant attack toll rises to 81

KANO (Nigeria), June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from an attack by militants linked to the Daesh on a village in northeast Nigeria rose to 81, officials said. Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction shot and ran over residents with vehicles in…

Children among nine killed in latest DR Congo massacre

BUNIA (DR Congo), June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nine civilians, five of them children, were killed late Tuesday in the eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, where some 1,000 civilians have been massacred since late 2017, local sources said. The killing was the latest attributed to an ethnic militia called CODECO,…

Zimbabwe’s government dismisses ‘coup’ rumours

HARARE, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s top security officials on Wednesday made a surprise dismissal of “rumours” of an imminent coup, two years after veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in a military-backed take over. A special national security working council which includes military and police chiefs, blamed opposition politicians,…

Update: ICC calls for more Sudan war crimes suspects to surrender

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court called for Sudanese war crimes suspects to turn themselves in, just a day after longtime fugitive militiaman Ali Kushayb surrendered to The Hague. ICC lawyer Fatou Bensouda said during a United Nations Security Council videoconference that Kushayb — who is…

US unrest: Pres Trump nixes idea of renaming US bases honoring Confederate heroes

WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump ruled out a change to US military bases named after Civil War Confederate leaders, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments honoring the once pro-slavery South. “These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American…

Covid-19: UN General Assembly will be virtual for the first time

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — This year’s UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced. The meeting is still scheduled for Sept 22-29 but will be carried out with previously recorded speeches by world leaders, Tijjani…

US unrest: Decades-old reality TV cop show cancelled after George Floyd death

Cops ran for 25 years after first being broadcast on Fox in 1989 WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of America’s longest running reality TV cop shows has been cancelled amid nationwide protests against police brutality over George Floyd’s death. Cable network Paramount said it had no plans for Cops,…

Covid-19: US air passengers fell 96% in April to historic low, says government

US airlines carried 3 million passengers in April, a staggering 96% decline amid the coronavirus WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US airlines carried 3 million passengers in April, a staggering 96% decline amid the coronavirus pandemic and flight restrictions, the Transportation Department said.The department said U.S. airlines carried about 2.8…

Russia arrests three people over 21,000-tonne diesel spill

The spill took place on May 29 in the city of Norilsk MOSCOW, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has arrested three power plant staff after more than 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked into the soil and waterways in Siberia. The arrests came on Wednesday, weeks after the spill took place…

Cameroon’s conflict rated as world’s most neglected crisis by Norway

Many English-speaking people complain of being treated like second-class citizens YAOUNDE, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Cameroon’s conflict with English-speaking separatists has been rated as the most neglected crisis in the world for the second year running by the Norwegian Refugee Council. The West African nation’s English-speakers are fighting for autonomy…