Covid-19: Five million begin lockdown in Australian city
MELBOURNE, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five million people in Australia’s second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning to tough…
Pakistan: 15 killed in rain-related accidents in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, July 10 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 15 people were killed and scores of others injured in separate rain-related accidents…
Update: 35 troops killed in Nigeria insurgent ambush, 30 missing
KANO (Nigeria), July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from an insurgent attack on a military convoy in northeast Nigeria…
Covid-19: England’s Test and Trace asks 140,000 to self-isolate
LONDON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the first five weeks of England’s Test and Trace system, 144,501 people were asked…
Covid-19: South Africa plays down 1.5 million grave fears
Coronavirus is now spreading fast in South Africa, which had a lengthy and strict lockdown JOHANNESBURG, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Sudan: PM Abdalla Hamdok fires 4 ministers over slow reforms
At the end of June protesters in Khartoum called for reforms to be speeded up KHARTOUM, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Anger over Malawi family cabinet appointees – husband, wife, sister, sister-in-law
President Lazarus Chakwera has unveiled his 23-member cabinet LILONGWE, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera has been…
Covid-19: South African queen dies of coronavirus
Queen Noloyiso Sandile PRETORIA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A royal family in South Africa has confirmed the death of Queen…
Covid-19: Liberia’s ex-president to joint-head WHO coronavirus panel
Former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa GENEVA, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Covid-19: Africa records over 500,000 cases – WHO
BRAZZAVILLE, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Covid-19 infections in Africa surpassed 500,000, and there is concern as a growing number of countries…