South Sudan president announces new parliament

JUBA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced a new parliament including lawmakers from opposing sides of the country’s civil war as part of a 2018 peace accord, state television reported. A new legislative body was a condition of the 2018 accord between signed by himself and…

Covid-19: Honduras says El Salvador will help it get Chinese vaccines

TEGUCIGALPA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Honduras said that neighbor El Salvador will help it buy coronavirus vaccines from China, with which Tegucigalpa does not have diplomatic ties. Honduras is one of 15 countries to maintain an official relationship with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rebel province of China. El Salvador…

WHO classifies B1617 from India as COVID-19 variant of global concern

People place the body of a man who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on a pyre before his cremation on the banks of the river Ganges GENEVA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organziation said that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified…

US says ‘Russia-based’ group DarkSide behind pipeline hack

After a cyber attack, Colonial said it was moving toward a partial reopening of its pipeline system WASHINGTON, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said that a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States. The FBI identified the…

Covid-19: Treasury to start paying out US$350 billion in state and local aid

WASHINGTON, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Treasury Department launched its US$350 billion program to distribute aid to state and local governments, giving the US economy an added boost as President Joe Biden sought to assure the country that stronger growth is coming. The aid is part of Biden’s larger US$1.9…

25 journalists earn honors in Nile Basin Initiative media awards

Rehab Amohsen displays all three plaques she won in Nile Media Awards 2021 for Best Female Entry, Best Digital Category and 1st Runner-up Print Category ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nile Basin Initiative together with partners has recognized 25 journalists for balanced reporting on Nile Cooperation and Nile…

Covid-19: Nigeria shuts bars, night clubs, recreational centres indefinitely

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha ABUJA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Federal Government of Nigeria has shut down bars, night clubs and recreational centres in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.The government also reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the…

Death toll rises to 30 in Niger State, Nigeria boat mishap; 5 still missing – Report

ABUJA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria’s Niger State, an emergency official said.The boat ferrying 100 local traders split into two after hitting a stump during a windstorm as they were returning from a market on Saturday, said Ibrahim Audu Hussein,…

Algeria to impose restrictions on street protests

The Interior Ministry said all protests would need a permit that specified the names of organisers ALGIERS, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria will bar any protests that do not have prior approval, a move apparently aimed at the weekly mass demonstrations that ousted a veteran president in 2019 but have…

Covid-19: Croatia to hold pilot events with bigger gatherings as vaccination progresses

ZAGREB, May 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Croatia will hold pilot events with bigger crowds not wearing masks or maintaining a physical distance, Minister of Culture Nina Obuljen Korzinek said. Participants will be only those who either recovered from COVID-19 or were vaccinated with two doses of vaccines. The goal of the…