Inter-communal conflict: Uganda allows Congolese refugees into the country

Uganda closed its borders in March to control the spread of coronavirus KAMPALA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda is temporarily opening part of its border to allow at least 3,000 Congolese refugees into the country.They are believed to be fleeing inter-communal violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of…

Covid-19: Africa still needs US$110bn to deal with economic impact of coronavirus – IMF

WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries across Africa still face financing needs amounting to over US$110 billion in 2020 alone, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. The IMF has also doubled access to its emergency lending facilities. Access limits to the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI)…

Fifty killed in protests over Ethiopian popular political singer’s shooting

The killing of popular political singer Hachalu Hundessa sparked protest in Minnesota in the US ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 50 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during violent protests over the killing of a popular musician in the country, a local official said.Getachew Balcha,…

Egypt Seeks UNSC To Push For Final Deal On Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

by Marwa Yahya CAIRO, July 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Egypt appealed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), to intervene in the years-long dispute over Ethiopian’s new hydroelectric dam, to help push for a final deal, before filling its reservoir, said Egyptian experts. In a virtual UNSC session on Monday, Egyptian…

Covid-19: Gabon blocks European travellers after EU ‘safe list’ snub

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba LIBREVILLE, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gabon’s government said that European tourists and business travellers would not be granted visas after the European Union excluded it from a “safe list” of countries from which the bloc is allowing non-essential travel. The European Union re-opened on Wednesday…

Covid-19: Sierra Leone doctors treating coronavirus patients to go on strike

FREETOWN, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Doctors treating coronavirus patients in Sierra Leone will go on strike within 24 hours after the government failed to pay promised allowances, their union said. The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) said in a statement the strike would continue until the allowances are…

Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya

Locusts at a tomato farm near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county TURKANA (Kenya), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The branches on trees around Kenya’s northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts. Numbers of locusts exploded in East Africa…

EU condemns presence of foreign mercenaries in Libya

Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised GNA pose after seizing the city of Tarhuna in early June TRIPOLI, July 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The European Union (EU) Delegation to Libya on Wednesday condemned the presence of foreign mercenaries in Libya and called on all Libyan and regional players to make efforts to…

Malaria kills 279 in Zimbabwe amid COVID-19 pandemic

HARARE, July 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 279 people have died and more than 300,000 people have been infected with malaria in Zimbabwe since the peak season of the disease in January. The outbreak comes at a time when Zimbabwe is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic which has since infected…

Boxer trafficked as a child wins right to stay in the UK after 16 years legal battle

Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked to the UK from Nigeria as a child, won his Home Office appeal last week LONDON, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former England boxer who was trafficked from Nigeria as a child and forced into domestic servitude has won the right to remain in…
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