UN ends, suspends probes into 5 UNRWA staffers accused by Israel

Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters in the Gaza Strip UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the Oct 7 Hamas attacks has closed one case due to the absence of any evidence…

Burkina Faso suspends BBC and VOA over HRW report on alleged mass killings

A Human Rights Watch report accused the Burkinabè army of massacring civilians earlier this year  OUAGADOUGOU, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and US public broadcaster Voice of America over their coverage of a report accusing its army of mass killings. Broadcasts have been stopped and…

Bolivia: 3 killed, dozen injured in road accident involving bus and two trucks

LA PAZ, April 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a multiple collision of vehicles on the highway in southwestern Bolivia on Thursday, according to a preliminary police report. The collision occurred near the community of Jachayapu in Oruro on the…

US sanctions militant leaders over hostages in West Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken WASHINGTON, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US imposed sanctions on leaders of militant groups over the taking of hostages, including Americans, in West Africa, the Treasury and State departments said.The sanctions on leaders of the West African branch of Al Qaeda, called Jama’at Nusrat…

South Africa extends troop deployment in restive Mozambique, DR Congo

Soldiers are seen on a vehicle in Sake, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) PRETORIA, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s military will extend the deployment of its troops in conflict-hit Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement.The extension, for an unspecified amount…

Ukraine: Agriculture Minister Solsky held for alleged corruption

KYIV, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky was detained after being named a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry, prosecutors said Friday. Blighted by severe corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its…

Namibia angered by tourists posing naked in dune safari

The Big Daddy dune is one of Namibia’s top tourist destinations WINDHOEK, April 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in Namibia have condemned tourists who posed naked in one of the country’s top attractions – the Big Daddy dune in the Namib desert.Visitors told a local newspaper they were shocked by…

Four Paraguayan prison inmates dead in rival gang clash

ASUNCION, April 26 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazil’s First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Police’s…

Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk ahead of schedule

MOSCOW, April 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub completed their spacewalk tasks ahead of schedule, returning to the International Space Station (ISS) two hours earlier than planned, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said. Roscosmos said that the spacewalk lasted a total duration of 4 hours and…

Senegal: 13 dead, 40 injured in central road accident

DAKAR, April 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thirteen people were killed and around 40 others were injured in a traffic accident in central Senegal Thursday evening, local media reported. The accident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time on National Road No. 1, near the village of Yamong in the Kaffrine region,…