Protests took place in the capital, Dakar, as well as other cities DAKAR, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal has announced it will ease a curfew and lift restrictions on inter-city travel following two nights of protests. More than 200 people have been detained for questioning by police following spontaneous demonstrations…

Riot police try to put out fire in the middle of the street during protests DAKAR, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces during night protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The…

UNITED NATIONS, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several UN experts said that accountability and justice for the victims of the deadly attack on peaceful demonstrators in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, are essential for the country to move towards a peaceful democracy. “We remain concerned that one year after the violent attack…

NAIROBI, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Kenyan police officers will be charged with murder after investigations by the country’s police watchdog, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said in a statement. Duncan Ndiema Ndiwa is accused of shooting dead a 13-year-old boy Yassin Hussein Moyo who was on the balcony…

Soldiers are celebrating after recapturing Tripoli airport TRIPOLI, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has regained full control of Tripoli after recapturing the capital’s airport.Gen Khalifa Haftar’s forces have been besieging the city since April 2019.But intensified military support from Turkey helped government forces drive…

NIAMEY, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN refugee agency says more than 7,000 have fled their homes after a deadly militant attack on an area housing 35,000 Malian refugees and internally displaced people in western Niger.Most of those who fled were Malian refugees.A spokesperson for the UNHCR in Niger, Jean…

TUNIS, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27, 2020 as part of full de-confinement scheduled for June 14. On Tuesday, the Minister of State in charge of Transport and the Tourism minister inspected…

ADDIS ABABA, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Union (AU) has started an ambitious initiative to increase testing for Coronavirus across the continent. The aim is to take the total number of tests done up to 10 million over the next two to three months. To date, more than 160,000 cases have…