Somalia push to get militias to disarm and join police

Militia groups have held sway in Galmudug for the last 20 years MOGADISHU, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militias in central Somalia are being encouraged to disarm and join the police.Over the past two decades, the Galmudug region has been overrun by various militias, including pirates, al-Shabaab militants and the moderate…

Covid-19: South Africa’s govt to borrow $7 billion as debt rises

PRETORIA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says government will need to borrow US$7 billion from international finance institutions as one of the measures to cover the budget hole brought about by South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Also, measures and reforms would need to be implemented to…

Mozambique uproar over TV panel’s drunk MP

Antonio Muchanga had to be asked to leave the studio MAPUTO, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo has apologised for the embarrassing behaviour of Antonio Muchanga, one of its most prominent MPs, who appeared drunk on a TV political discussion show.Muchanga was so inebriated when he was…

Zambia’s health minister arrested for corruption

Chitalu Chilufya has been health minister for nearly four years LUSAKA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has been arrested on allegations of corruption.The 47-year-old doctor and politician was detained and then freed on bail by the police following an investigation by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).“Dr…

Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality

Homosexuality is still broadly seen as a social taboo in Gabon LIBREVILLE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of Gabon’s lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same…

Egypt’s FM, U.S. Secretary Of State Discuss GERD, Regional Issues

CAIRO, June 25 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday spoke over the phone, discussing Ethiopia’s hydro-power dam, being built on the Nile River, as well as, other regional issues. “Minister Shoukry touched on the latest developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian…

Indonesian peacekeeper killed in eastern DR Congo: UN

An Indonesian engineering unit and Tanzanian battalion from the UN Mission in DRC, MONUSCO, inspect a bridge in Beni BENI (DR Congo), June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indonesian soldier with the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in DR Congo was killed, and a second was injured, in a militia attack late Monday…

Covid-19: Namibia further relaxes restrictions despite rising case

President Hage Geingob WINDHOEK, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Namibia’s President Hage Geingob announced a further easing of the country’s coronavirus lockdown to boost economic activity, despite a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Geingob said the country would move from ‘stage 3’ to ‘stage 4’ of a five-level exit from lockdown…

ICC prosecutors cite grave errors in Gbagbo acquittal at start of appeal

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo THE HAGUE, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said “grave errors” were made in acquittal last year of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, as they began their bid to overturn the decision at an appeals hearing on Monday.…

African Union suspends South Sudan over $9m membership debt

ADDIS ABABA, June 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body over failure to honour its financial obligations over the past three years. A letter from the country’s mission in Ethiopia to the Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the development saying the amount in…
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