Sudan sends troops to Ethiopian border as tensions rise
KHARTOUM, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saturday sees tensions rise between Sudan and neighbour Ethiopia as Khartoum deployed significant military reinforcements…
Covid-10: Netherlands ban UK flights to stop virus ‘mutation’
THE HAGUE, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dutch government on Sunday banned all passenger flights from Britain after finding the…
Brexit: UK-EU trade talks enter critical 48-hour period
BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK and EU continue to negotiate as talks on a post-Brexit trade deal enter…
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…