The elections are due in two weeks despite the coronavirus pandemic BUJUMBURA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s police says it has arrested 64 supporters of the main opposition party, the National Freedom Council (CNL), who are blamed for violent clashes with ruling party supporters during the current general election campaign.Burundians…

Floods and landslides have been concentrated in western Kenya NAIROBI, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Floods and landslides in Kenya have killed nearly 200 people, displaced 100,000 and strained critical infrastructure, with unprecedentedly high water levels at two dams forcing the evacuation of villagers at risk, officials said. The heavy rain,…

BUJUMBURA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s Attorney-General Sylvestre Nyandwi has urged politicians not to incite violence following several clashes, some involving machetes, between governing party supporters and those backing the opposition. There have been attacks in various parts of the country ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections due to be…

UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, on Tuesday deplored the non-execution of arrest warrants for Libyan fugitives wanted by the court. In her briefing to the Security Council, Bensouda called out Egypt and Gen. Khalifa Haftar, commander-in-chief of the…

A road sign shows the direction of Libya near the border crossing at Dhiba, Tunisia  TRIPOLI, May 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thousands of Libyans will start returning home from abroad after the UN-backed Libyan government closed the borders in March to prevent COVID-19 spread, an official said. “The return of the…

RABAT, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in Morocco and other countries in the region,” said Yassine…

ABUJA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 16 sailors have been abducted by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.According to reports from international maritime websites, three ships were attacked by pirates May 1-4 off the coasts of Nigeria and Gabon within the borders of the gulf.At the beginning of May,…

TRIPOLI, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan government forces launched a military operation early Tuesday to liberate Al-Watiya airbase, southwest of the capital Tripoli and controlled by militias loyal to renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, a military source told Anadolu Agency. A government source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said heavy…

NAIROBI, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ongoing flooding in Kenya has claimed the lives of another 164 people, a Kenyan government official said. Heavy downpours, during the rainy season, which lasts from March to May, have wreaked havoc all across the nation marked with flash floods, landslides and sinkholes that have…