Somalia blast kills regional governor

MOGADISHU, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An explosion in Somalia has killed at least four people including a regional governor. The bomb blast in Galkayo is widely thought to have been detonated by militant group al-Shabaab, which is very active in the area. In recent years it has killed numerous officials…

Six Killed In Tripoli Shelling

TRIPOLI, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indiscriminate shelling on Saturday, hit a shelter for displaced civilians, and killed six people, said a local official. The bomb hit an accommodation on a university campus in Al-Farnaj area (in Tripoli), which is used to shelter displaced civilians, and the six victims were all…

Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested In France

PARIS, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After 26 years on the run, Felicien Kabuga, alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has been arrested in Paris, France’s public prosecutor’s office and the police announced on Saturday. Kabuga, now aged 84, once one…

Zimbabwe’s drought-hit Bulawayo limits tap water to just a day a week

HARARE, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s second biggest city of Bulawayo limited access to tap water to just one day a week as reservoir levels fall to dangerously low levels amid the country’s worst drought in years. After a devastating drought in 2019 and patchy rains this year, water shortages…

Mali army kills 30 militants in raid

BAMAKO, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malian troops have killed some 30 militants in a raid, the army said, in the latest violence in the war-torn West African state. The country’s armed forces said on Twitter that they had killed “about 30 terrorists” near the border with neighbouring Burkina Faso on…

Uganda to release 170 Rwandan prisoners to promote normalization of ties

Vincent Biruta KIGALI, May 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Uganda is set to release 170 Rwandans who have been under its detention, Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said at a press conference. It is “an important step” towards the implementation of the Luanda Agreements, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last year…

Mozambique soldiers killed another 50 militants this week : govt

MAPUTO, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s army said it has killed 50 suspected militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy group has terrorised remote communities in the Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1,100…

New bank notes amid Zimbabwe cash crunch

The new notes have various security features HARARE, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s central bank is to introduce higher bank note denominations next week as the country battles high inflation and cash shortages which have fuelled a currency black market. In a circular, the bank says the Z$10 note (worth…

Ethiopian Airlines sees crash settlement with Boeing by end-June

ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over the crash of an 737 MAX plane in March 2019, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said. Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 bound for Kenya crashed six minutes after take-off from Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa,…

Benin set for controversial local poll despite virus

Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties COTONOU, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote despite the coronavirus threat and calls for a delay. The West African nation of…
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