Burundi voting ends in calm despite fraud allegation

BUJUMBURA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Voting in Burundi’s presidential election passed calmly on Wednesday despite simmering political violence, the coronavirus pandemic and the opposition accusing the authorities of fraud.In what could be the first competitive presidential election in Burundi since a civil war erupted in 1993, the ruling CNDD-FDD party’s…

Covid-19: South Sudan’s VP Riek Machar in self-isolation after testing positive

JUBA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Vice-President of South Sudan, Riek Machar, who was part of a task force to fight coronavirus, is in self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19. Machar said as several other members of the task force were infected a new team was taking over their work.…

Mali: 20 dead in road accident, 11 seriously injured

BAMAKO, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty people have been killed and 11 seriously injured after a minibus and a lorry collided in the south of Mali, the country’s transport ministry said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday at 8 pm on a major road linking the capital Bamako with…

Covid-19 deaths top 325,000 worldwide

PARIS, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 325,000 people worldwide have died from the novel coronavirus, three-quarters of them in Europe and the United States, since it broke out in China in December. The virus has killed 325,232 people in 196 countries and infected 4,943,050, according to the tally based…

Covid-19: South Africa coronavirus deaths ‘to soar’ in coming months, warns scientists

Miners are among the key workers who have been allowed to carry on PRETORIA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40,000 people could die with coronavirus in South Africa by the end of the year, scientists have warned. The projections were made by a group of academics and health experts…

Burkina Faso: Two soldiers, five volunteers killed in Burkina attack

A Burkina Faso soldier on patrol OUAGADOUGOU,  May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defence volunteers were killed during an ambush on a military patrol in the restive north of the country, security sources said. The attack occurred on Monday as soldiers from the military detachment…

Botswana probes death of 56 elephants

GABORONE, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana is investigating the mysterious death of 56 elephants in the last two months. Authorities have ruled out poaching, as all carcasses were found intact. The country’s Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism says 12 elephants were found dead last week in villages in…

Indicted Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga appears before French court

PARIS, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, indicted in his absence on charges of bankrolling ethnic militias that massacred some 800,000 people in 1994, was brought before a French court on Wednesday. In his first appearance in public in more than two decades, the octogenarian was brought…

Covid-19: UN chief praises Africa’s ‘swift’ response

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Africa’s “swift” response to the coronavirus pandemic, with reported cases much lower than initially feared. He said in a statement, “Most [African countries] have moved rapidly to deepen regional coordination, deploy health…

Voting begins in Burundi elections; results expected on May 25

Seven candidates are seeking to replace President Pierre Nkurunzinza BUJUMBURA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Polling stations in Burundi opened at 06:00 local time (04:00GMT) Wednesday with around five million voters expected to participate in the elections.Voters will be electing their president, members of parliament and communal council members.Polling stations will…
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