Nigeria: 2,084 Nigerians Entered Europe Illegally in Two Years – EU

ABUJA, June 11 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — One in every 10 illegal immigrants who entered Europe between 2015 to 2016 was a Nigerian, the European Union has said. The EU Deputy Head of Delegation, Richard Young, disclosed while addressing a conference for action on illegal migration and trafficking, organised by Nigerian Young…

Rwanda re-opens border with Uganda to trucks for 12 days

KIGALI, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda said it would re-open its busiest border post with Uganda to cargo trucks for 12 days, more than three months after it was closed amid tensions between the two neighbours triggered by security and economic disagreements. In a statement, Rwanda’s revenue body said it…

Mexico Senate should ratify USMCA trade deal next week: president

MEXICO CITY, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he expected Mexico’s Senate to ratify next week a new North American trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The president said Mexico’s Senate would hold an extraordinary session in a week’s time and the…

Six die in fire in Ukraine psychiatric clinic

KIEV, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people died when fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, authorities said on Tuesday. The fire erupted late on Monday evening in the one-storey building, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said in a statement. The cause was not immediately clear. “Six…

Seven drown after migrant boat overturns off Greek island of Lesbos

ATHENS, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two children, four women and a man drowned when a boat carrying them overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, the coast guard said. Another 57 people were rescued in an operation that was still ongoing, the coast guard added. It did not…

US Plans against Venezuela Fail, Cuba’s President Asserts

HAVANA, JunE 11 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has asserted that the US Government has failed in its plans against the Venezuelan revolution. Washington has gone wrong in its attempt to topple the Bolivarian Revolution. Mike Pompeo has pushed the Venezuelan opposition to a crisis and dismantled the…

Hungary police lift capsized tourist boat from river

BUDAPEST, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hungarian police on Tuesday began lifting a sightseeing vessel that sank in the river Danube in Budapest last month in an accident that has claimed 20 lives with eight people still missing. The Mermaid tourist boat was carrying mostly South Korean holidaymakers when it capsized and sank…

UN chief condemns deadly attack in central Mali

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack in central Mali that killed at least 95 civilians, his spokesman said. In a note to the press, Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general is outraged by the reports that at least 95 civilians, including women and children,…

Cameroon: 8 separatists killed in restive Anglophone region

YAOUNDE, June 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cameroonian forces on Monday killed eight armed separatists in Bui, a division in the country’s troubled Anglophone region of Northwest, local officials said. Among those killed were two separatist commanders, according to local sources. Mark Bareta, a popular separatist activist, confirmed the information on his…

Greek PM asks president for dissolution of parliament, call early general elections

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (R) meets with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens ATHENS, June 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday requested Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos for the dissolution of the parliament and called for general elections. The outgoing prime minister had announced his intention to…