ABUJA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of soldiers and civilians are reported to have been killed in twin attacks by militants in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state. Fighters attacked Monguno, a garrison town where UN and other aid workers are based, and a village in Nganzai. The UN said it was “appalled” by…

GABORONE/FREETOWN, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — BOTSWANA brought back a strict Coronavirus lockdown in its capital city, Gaborone, and surrounding areas after the southern African country recorded 12 new cases of the virus, a senior health official said. Diamond-rich Botswana ended a 48-day national coronavirus lockdown late last month, allowing businesses and schools…

ABIDJAN, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could begin operating on Jan 1 next year, after the COVID-19 pandemic made its original launch date untenable, the official charged with overseeing the bloc’s establishment said.But speaking during a webinar organised by the Africa CEO Forum, AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele…

President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s president says it has been a “dark and shameful week” for his country following a surge in violence against women. Cyril Ramaphosa’s remarks come after several femicides, including one woman who was eight months pregnant and found stabbed and hanging…

play videoKwaku Agyemang Manu, Health Minister ACCRA, June 15 (NNN-GNA) — President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed the health status of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. According to him, the hardworking Health Minister contracted the Coronavirus in the line of duty. In his 11th televised address…

KANO (Nigeria), June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Jihadists linked to the Daesh group killed six people Saturday in an assault on a strategic garrison town in restive northeast Nigeria, security sources said. Dozens of fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction clashed with soldiers and…

Established in 2013, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali has some 13,000 troops BAMAKO, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Armed men have killed two UNpeacekeepers in a region of northwestern Mali wracked by jihadistviolence, the United Nations said. A logistical convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission travellingbetween the towns of Tessalit…