Malawi braces for a historic Tuesday presidential re-run

President Peter Mutharika (L) and his challenger Lazarus Chakwera LILONGWE, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawians return to the polls on Tuesday (June 23) for a re-run of the presidential election five months after the Constitutional Court annulled the results of a disputed vote last year. Incumbent President Peter Mutharika had…

Frustrated wives of assassinated Ethiopian generals call for justice, a year after the killings

Gen Seare was assassinated during alleged unsuccessful coup in the Amhara state ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The wife of the late Ethiopian army chief, who was shot dead a year ago Monday, has said she has failed in her efforts to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in order to…

Somalia silent on US Pres Trump saying there was ‘anarchy’ there

President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s ministry of foreign affairs office said that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born…

South Africa’s former president de Klerk withdraws from racism talk in the US

The De Klerk Foundation said he did not want to embarrass himself or his hosts JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s former President FW de Klerk has withdrawn from a US seminar where he was to speak on the rule of law, racism and minority rights. His foundation said…

Cattle thieves kill 10 vigilantes in Nigeria: police

KANO (Nigeria), June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves have shot dead 10 vigilantes in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said, in the latest violence to hit the restive region. But local residents said 21 people were killed and 16 were seriously injured in the attack on…

Libya unity govt says Egypt threat ‘declaration of war’

A man waves a Libyan flag as people walk on protest signs showing “X” marks on the faces of French President Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian President Abdelfattah el-Sisi, and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a demonstration in the Martyrs’ Square in the centre of the…

Nine die from gastrointestinal disease outbreak in Zimbabwe, 1,000 infected

HARARE, June 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nine people in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo have died from a gastrointestinal disease outbreak, while about a thousand have been infected with the water-borne disease. The local authority said in a statement that one of the possible causes of the outbreak was water contamination…

UK Stabbing Declared “Terrorist Incident”

LONDON, June 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Britain’s counter-terrorism police, said, the stabbing incident taking place in southern England’s town of Reading on Saturday night, “has now been declared a terrorist incident.” “Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East, have been working closely with Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Department, throughout the…

ECOWAS urges Mali to re-run disputed elections amid mass protests

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Friday BAMAKO, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West African regional bloc ECOWAS called on Mali to re-run some of its contested local elections and convene a government of national unity after anti-government protests swept the capital Bamako. Tens of thousands of…

US accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy after the organisation condemned racism and police brutality in the US following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Pompeo said the 47-member forum’s unanimous resolution on…
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