Covid-19: Tanzania accuses US of spreading ‘false information’ on Coronavirus in the country

DAR ES SALAAM, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania summoned a US envoy in the country to clarify a recent warning about the risk of “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases in the country. A fortnight ago, the US embassy said that hospitals in the main city, Dar es Salaam, were “overwhelmed”…

Zambia probes murder of 3 Chinese at clothes factory; 3 suspects arrested

The clothing factory’s warehouse was gutted in the fire LUSAKA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Zambia have arrested three people suspected of murdering three Chinese nationals, dragging the bodies into a factory and setting it alight. Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has promised a full investigation into Sunday’s “barbaric”…

ADF kills 38 in east of DR Congo: UN

KINSHASA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN says at least 38 people have been killed by an armed group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were killed in a series of attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.…

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…
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