Madagascar now says there are no plans to inject artemisia in an effort to stop coronavirus ANTANANARIVO, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina appears to have made a U-turn regarding the much publicised purported coronavirus remedy he said his country had developed. Last month Rajoelina officially launched a…

BAMAKO, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed men on motorcycles killed 27 civilians in central Mali in three attacks on ethnic Dogon farming villages in less than 24 hours, officials said. Central Mali has been ravaged in recent years by ethnic reprisal killings, as recriminations between herding and farming communities over…

Ladislas Ntaganzwa handed life term for his role in the genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and Hutus were killed KIGALI, May 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Rwandan court handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands of people…

President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says, the government has injected 1 trillion shillings (about US$270 million) into the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) to boost industrialization. Museveni, according to a State House statement issued here, said the US$270 million is part of the US$491.5…

MAPUTO, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and another five injured, when police officers tried to disperse worshipers gathering in a mosque in northern Mozambique, Radio Mozambique (RM) reported. The incident took place on Monday, when a group of police officers confronted worshipers who were gathering in a…

President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared May 31 as the National Day of Prayer to strengthen national unity in fighting COVID-19. “On this day, wherever we may be, I call upon you to turn your thoughts to all who have been affected…