Covid-19: Iconic sites reopen as world eyes life after lockdown

In Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity – built on the spot where Christians believe their saviour Jesus was born – reopened its doors after more than two months PARIS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iconic world sites from the New York Stock Exchange to the Church of the Nativity reopened their…

Libya: East-based warlord Haftar seeks to rouse forces against Turkey as UN-recognised forces gain successes

BENGHAZI (Libya), May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar called on his forces to rally against Turkey, which has helped his Tripoli-based rivals turn the tide of a military conflict around the capital. Recent advances by forces aligned with the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), including the…

Joint military operation by Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso kills 8 suspected terrorists

ABIDJAN, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers from Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso conducted their first joint operation against militants active near their shared border, killing eight suspected militants and arresting 14 others, Ivory Coast’s army said. Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger in West Africa’s semi-arid Sahel zone…

Covid-19: Kenya looks for 400 vaccine volunteers

 NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Researchers in Kenya are calling for 400 volunteers to take part in a trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine pioneered by the University of Oxford. The Kemri-Wellcome Trust says all participants must be health workers living in the coastal city of Mombasa and nearby town of Kilifi,…

Five militants, two soldiers killed in Cameroon clash

YAOUNDE, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two soldiers were killed on Tuesday when militants attacked a military position in northern Cameroon after crossing from Nigeria, sources said, while seven other soldiers were injured in a mine blast in the same village. The device exploded when the soldiers’ vehicle was passing, according…

US accuses Russia of sending jets to help its ‘mercenaries’ in Libya

National Accord troops in Tripoli paraded a captured Russian Pantsir air defence system WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military has accused Russia of sending fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries there. There was no immediate response from the Russian Defence Ministry to the US Africa command…

50 trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon

ABUJA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned to their home country. They have been placed in quarantine as a precaution against coronavirus and will be interviewed about their experiences. The Nigerian Foreign Ministry said the Lebanese authorities had assisted in securing…

Rwanda’s govt unveils $11 billion climate action plan

KIGALI, May 27 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Rwanda has become the first African country to submit a new national climate plan, whose implementation requires $11 billion, as an essential tool to implement the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, aims to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius with an…

Kenya: Six killed in ethnic clashes over alleged cattle theft, politics

NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people have been killed and more than 20 houses burned in ethnic fighting in Olpusimoru in Narok county, about 150 kilometres from the capital Nairobi. At least a dozen others have been injured in the clashes that started over the weekend and are being…

Covid-19: Zimbabwe arrests 40,000 people for ‘violating lockdown’

Zimbabwe has been on lockdown since March 30 HARARE, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two journalists who’d been interviewing alleged victims of state torture are among the 40,000 people that Zimbabwean police say they’ve arrested.Most of those people were arrested for breaking the rule on not moving more than 5km from their…
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