Eastern Africa expand rapid reaction forces, accepting Sudan as new member
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces KIGALI, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Defense ministers from eastern African countries decided to…
UN extends peacekeeping mission in DRC, while initiating drawdown
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council extended its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Top Burkina court certifies President Kabore’s re-election
OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso’s top court, the Constitutional Council, certified that President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had…
Covid-19: French Pres Macron ‘stable’ after virus infection – presidency
PARIS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The condition of French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, is…
Covid-19: Pres-elect Biden to receive vaccine Monday
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will get their first shot of…
US says cyberattack ‘under control,’ Pres Trump plays down Russian role
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (BSS/AFP) – President Donald Trumpdownplayed a massive cyberattack on US goverment agencies,declaring it “under control” and undercutting…
Covid-19: US Congress agrees stopgap to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal struck a…
Covid-19: Latest global developments
PARIS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: VACCINES: Poorer countries will begin to…
Covid-19: IMF chief says 62% of lending has gone to 21 countries in Latin America
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty-two percent of the International Monetary Fund’s lending in response to the coronavirus pandemic has…
Nigeria: More than 300 schoolboys released after mass kidnapping
Boarding school children return home after the abduction of students by gunmen at the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara…