Situation in Kosovo can slide backward: UN envoy

The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting on Kosovo, at the UN headquarters in New York. UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The top UN envoy in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, warned that the situation in Kosovo can slide backward. “In the absence of a genuine and necessary process of…

South Africa’s President Ramaphosa to address ILO Conference

GENEVA, June 11 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address at the 108th session of the International Labour Conference where the outcomes of the Global Commission on the Future of Work will be presented. The President arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday morning where he is attending…

Britain: 10 candidates nominated to succeed PM Theresa May

LONDON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten candidates were nominated in the contest to succeed Theresa May as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, the party’s 1922 Committee said on Monday. The candidates include frontrunner former foreign minister Boris Johnson, his successor Jeremy Hunt, environment minister Michael Gove, former Brexit minister…

US measles outbreak spreads to Idaho and Virginia, hits 1,022 cases

ATLANTA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States’ worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century spread to Idaho and Virginia last week as public health authorities on Monday reported 41 new cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease. The U.S. has recorded 1,022 cases of the diseases this year…

Nicaragua frees 50 opposition prisoners under amnesty law

MANAGUA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaragua released 50 opposition prisoners under a controversial new law granting amnesty to protesters and police involved in last year’s deadly uprising against President Daniel Ortega. The Interior Ministry announced Monday the release of “50 people in compliance with the provisions of the Amnesty Law…

Security boosted as Sudan begins second strike day

KHARTOUM, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s military council says it will reinforce the deployment of security forces including the feared Rapid Support Force as the country enters the second day of a civil disobedience campaign.The campaign is trying to force the country’s military leaders to transfer power to a civilian…

Ethiopia delays census over security concerns

ADDIS ABABA, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s parliament has postponed its plans to hold a national census by one year, citing security concerns.Hundreds of people have been killed and nearly three million displaced in recent ethnic violence.The postponement is likely to affect Ethiopia’s plans to hold an election next year,…

Rescue operation in Tanzania after mine collapse kills five

DAR ES SALAAM, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue efforts are under way at a gold mine in the east of Tanzania after five miners died when it collapsed at the weekend. Five other are being treated in hospital.It is not known how many people are trapped underground at the unlicensed…

Deadly attack in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) —  Nineteen people have been killed in a village in the northern district of Arbinda, security officials in Burkina Faso say.Dozens of armed men are said to have carried out the assault, which took place on a market day.There have been several attacks in Arbinda in recent months, many carried…

China ready for trade talks with East Africa bloc: ambassador to Kenya

NAIROBI, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the six-nation East Africa Community (EAC) to address Kenya’s complaints about a huge trade imbalance in favor of the Asian economic giant, said Wu Peng, China’s ambassador to Nairobi. Kenyan officials said the government was not…