Covid-19: Somali mayor suspects coronavirus deaths go unreported

MOGADISHU, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, says the city has recorded about 500 deaths over the past two weeks many of which he suspects are as a result of Covid-19. The federal government has so far confirmed 44 deaths from the pandemic out of 928…

Covid-19: South African Pres Ramaphosa says Africa needs two-year debt standstill

PRETORIA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that African countries needed a two-year debt standstill due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, longer than a moratorium agreed by G20 governments last month. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund-backed initiative to suspend bilateral debt service…

23 dead in clashes between DR Congo army, militias

KINSHASA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-three militias were killed in fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and militias in Ituri province, the army said. After fierce battles with members of the Cooperative For the Development of Congo (CODECO) militia group Thursday, the army regained…

Libya: 4 family members die in Haftar attack

TRIPOLI, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Four people in the same family lost their lives Saturday when forces loyal to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar struck a house in southern Tripoli. Amin al-Hashemi, a spokesman for the Libyan Health Ministry, said a rocket attack struck the Ain Zara region and the family members…

Covid-19: Ghana’s case count now 4,263 with four more deaths

ACCRA, May 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana’s case count of the novel Coronavirus is now 4,263, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported. This latest update indicates that as of Saturday, May 9, 251 more cases were recorded with 378 recoveries. Four more deaths have been recorded taking the death toll to 22.…

India train crushes migrant workers sleeping on track killing 14

Police officers examine the railway track after a train ran over migrant workers sleeping on the track in Aurangabad district in the western state of Maharashtra NEW DELHI, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A train in India ran over migrant workers sleeping on the track on Friday, killing at least 14 of…

Casualties reported after 5.1 earthquake hits Iran

People huddled in the streets of Tehran in the middle of the night following the quake TEHRAN, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people have died and 22 others were injured as they fled their homes in a panic following a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit northern Iran early on Friday…

Covid-19: Peru’s agriculture minister tests positive

LIMA, May 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Peruvian Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Jorge Montenegro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the ministry reported. “Yesterday, May 6, 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Jorge Montenegro, received a positive result for the test that was carried out for COVID-19,”…

Two killed in Croatian military airplane crash

The wreckage of the crashed Croatian Air Force aircraft in Biljane Donje near the Croatian coastal city of Zadar. ZAGREB, May 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — An airplane crashed on Thursday near the Croatian coastal city of Zadar, killing two members of the Croatian Air Force, the Ministry of Defense said. According…

US pulling Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US is pulling out four of its powerful Patriot missile systems from Saudi Arabia, after determining the threat from Iran that sparked an arms buildup in the region last year had waned, a Defense Department official said. Two of the anti-missile batteries deployed following…