Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agree to delay filling dam

CAIRO, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed that Addis Ababa will delay filling a mega-dam as part of a comprehensive deal on the project that has raised tensions between the three countries, the Egyptian presidency said. Ethiopia had previously pushed to start filling the gigantic Nile…

Commander in Somali al Shabaab militant group killed – state media

MOGADISHU, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somali security forces have killed a commander of the al Shabaab militant group in a military operation, state radio reported. Ahsraf Azmi Abu Hamdan, who was from Nepal, was a senior trainer in the Islamist group. He was killed in an operation in the Middle…

Mozambique: Renamo disarmament to be completed within a year, says Pres Nyusi

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (C-L) and RENAMO (Mozambican National Resistence) leader Ossufo Momade (C-R) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement in Maputo on Aug 6, 2019 MAPUTO, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The disarmament of some 5,000 Mozambican opposition guerrillas is expected to be completed in a year, the…

Covid-19: Kenya Airways anticipates $500m loss this year; expects to lay off workers, sells assets

Kenya Airways has taken a commercial battering in recent years NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya Airways expects to lose over $500m this year as a result of business disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The airline says it expects to have to make painful decisions, including laying off staff…

Covid-19: Rwanda reinstates lockdown in parts of capital

Residents say they had little warning KIGALI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwandan authorities have imposed a stay-at-home order in parts of the capital, Kigali, following a rise in new cases of coronavirus. People living in Gikondo Hill in Kicukiro District, and some parts of Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge district, have…

Nigeria condemns attack on embassy in Jakarta by its citizens living in Indonesia

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA/JAKARTA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s government has condemned Thursday’s attack on its embassy in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, by its citizens living in the country.The Nigerian nationals stormed the embassy and vandalised vehicles in the compound. They accused embassy officials of not offering help when they…

Covid-19: South Africans call for school closure as students test positive for coronavirus

204 students tested positive at a boarding school in South Africa PRETORIA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Calls for the closure of South African schools are growing as 204 people, mostly learners, tested positive at a boarding school in the Eastern Cape. Makaula Senior Secondary School in KwaBhaca has since been…

Hundreds killed in Mali as security deteriorates – UN

GENEVA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations’ human rights chief says 580 civilians have been killed so far this year in central Mali.Michelle Bachelet said the security situation was deteriorating, with multiple groups carrying out the killings.The UN says ethnic militias originally formed to protect the Fulani and Dogon…

Covid-19: Kenyan police fire on protesting motorcycle taxi drivers killing 3

NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan police killed three people when they fired on a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus restrictions. Police shot at the crowd in the western city of Lessos after clashes, a police statement said. “I have ordered…

Covid-19: Global toll at 1100 GMT Friday

PARIS, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killedat least 487,274 people since emerging in China last December,according to a tally from official sources. At least 9,604,040 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in 196countries and territories. Of these, at least 4,770,300 are consideredrecovered. The tallies, using data collected…
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