Covid-19: Africa still needs US$110bn to deal with economic impact of coronavirus – IMF
WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries across Africa still face financing needs amounting to over US$110 billion in 2020 alone,…
Fifty killed in protests over Ethiopian popular political singer’s shooting
The killing of popular political singer Hachalu Hundessa sparked protest in Minnesota in the US ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Covid-19: Gabon blocks European travellers after EU ‘safe list’ snub
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba LIBREVILLE, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gabon’s government said that European tourists and business travellers would…
Covid-19: Sierra Leone doctors treating coronavirus patients to go on strike
FREETOWN, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Doctors treating coronavirus patients in Sierra Leone will go on strike within 24 hours after…
Colombian Senate approves trade agreement with the United Kingdom
BOGOTA, July 1 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A bilateral trade agreement between Colombia and the United Kingdom has passed in Colombia’s plenary…
German Chancellor Merkel’s mission for EU presidency – ‘Make Europe strong again’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel BERLIN, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to strengthen a divided European Union and…
Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya
Locusts at a tomato farm near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county TURKANA (Kenya), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The branches…
EU condemns presence of foreign mercenaries in Libya
Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised GNA pose after seizing the city of Tarhuna in early June TRIPOLI, July 1 (NNN-Xinhua)…
Russian cosmonaut votes on Putin’s reforms from ISS
MOSCOW, July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin became the first person to vote online from the International Space…
US unrest: Mississippi governor signs bill removing Confederate symbol from flag
JACKSON (Mississippi, US), July 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The governor of the southern US state of Mississippi signed a bill Tuesday…