Somalia push to get militias to disarm and join police
Militia groups have held sway in Galmudug for the last 20 years MOGADISHU, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militias in central…
Covid-19: South Africa’s govt to borrow $7 billion as debt rises
PRETORIA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says government will need to borrow US$7 billion from international finance…
Mozambique uproar over TV panel’s drunk MP
Antonio Muchanga had to be asked to leave the studio MAPUTO, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo…
Zambia’s health minister arrested for corruption
Chitalu Chilufya has been health minister for nearly four years LUSAKA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya…
Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality
Homosexuality is still broadly seen as a social taboo in Gabon LIBREVILLE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of Gabon’s lower…
Covid-19: Death toll nears half a million as cases surge in US, Latin America
WASHINGTON, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus cases are surgingacross large parts of the United States and in Latin America,according to…
Indonesian peacekeeper killed in eastern DR Congo: UN
An Indonesian engineering unit and Tanzanian battalion from the UN Mission in DRC, MONUSCO, inspect a bridge in Beni BENI…
US unrest: Pres Trump threatens force against protesters in US capital
Police officers guard the statue of former US President Andrew Jackson just outside the White House after protesters tried to…
Russia holds grand WWII parade ahead of vote on Putin reforms
MOSCOW, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Columns of tanks and troops will parade through Red Square on Wednesday as President Vladimir…
Covid-19: Latin America and Caribbean pass 100,000 deaths
MONTEVIDEO, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, more than half of them in…