Racism: Kenya celebrates removal of Britain’s Queen Victoria statue

NAIROBI, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The removal of a prominent reminder of Kenya’s British colonization is being celebrated – five years later. The statue of Britain’s Queen Victoria outlasted several of statues from before Kenya’s independence from Britain in 1963. It was beheaded and thrown into a nearby bush in…

Egypt Registers Single-Day Record Of 1,577 New COVID-19 Infections

CAIRO, June 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt witnessed yesterday, a record of 1,577 single-day new COVID-19 cases, raising the total infections in the country, since mid-Feb to 41,303, said a Health Ministry spokesman. Egypt also confirmed 45 new coronavirus-related deaths, taking the death toll from the disease to 1,422, said Khaled…

Burundi court rules president-elect should be sworn in

Evariste Ndayishimiye won Burundi’s presidential election in May BUJUMBURA, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s Constitutional Court has ruled that President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in as soon as possible as the country’s next head of state.Pierre Nkrunziza, who had been president for 15 years and was due to leave…

South Africa: Court rules independent candidates can contest elections

JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Independent candidates who are not affiliated to any political party can stand in national and provincial elections, South Africa’s highest court has ruled. The court case that started in the Western Cape High Court was brought by lobby group New Nation Movement and others. Justice…

DR Congo: Prosecutor seeks 20-year sentence for president’s chief of staff, accused of embezzling public funds

The high-profile corruption trial of Kamerhe is without precedent in the African country KINSHASA, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prosecutors asked a high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo to sentence Vital Kamerhe, the president’s chief of staff, to 20 years in prison for his alleged role in the embezzlement…

Kenya police camp set on fire over ‘harassment’ as three policemen arrested for dragging woman using a motorcycle

Activists have been protesting against police brutality in Nairobi NAIROBI, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A police camp in Kenya’s Naivasha town, west of the capital Nairobi, was set on fire by angry residents who were protesting against alleged harassment. The residents set the house of the officer in-charge on fire…

Racism: International Cricket Council to use ‘common sense’ if players protest at Floyd death

DUBAI (UAE), June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cricket’s world body has said it will take a “common sense approach” to on-field protests over the killing of black American George Floyd when the sport resumes next month. Cricketers have joined other top sports stars in speaking out against racism and backing the…

Ivory Coast army says 12 soldiers killed and seven wounded in cross-border attack

Ivory Coast soldiers ABIDJAN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 12 Ivorian soldiers were killed and other seven wounded in an attack at a northern border post near Burkina Faso early on Thursday, a senior officer at the Ivorian army chief of staff office said. Two other gendarmes are reported missing,…

Burundi cabinet meets on way forward after president’s sudden death

Burundi is mourning the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza who died on Monday BUJUMBURA, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi convened an extraordinary cabinet meeting Thursday to discuss a way forward after the sudden death of long-serving ruler Pierre Nkurunziza left many anxious over the future of the troubled country.Nkurunziza, who…

Uganda receives Chinese pesticides to fight locusts

A man attempts to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts KAMPALA, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Uganda’s Agriculture ministry has received donations of 20 tons of pesticides, sprayers and protective gear from the Chinese government to help in fighting locusts. Uganda had asked the government of the People’s Republic of China for…
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