Members Lay Out Strategic Priorities for AMISOM as Critical Elections Approach The Security Council decided, in a 29 May videoconference meeting*, to reauthorize the deployment of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) personnel for nine months, requiring them to support security in the lead-up to elections and to work towards the gradual hand-over of responsibility

Aircrafts of the German airline Lufthansa are parked at the airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Germany on Monday approved a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) aid package for stricken airline Lufthansa to keep a major employer going through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) German flagship airline Lufthansa agreed Saturday

Photo: Credit Associated Press Kellie and Derek Chauvin MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A lawyer has issued a statement from the wife of the now-arrested and charged former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, and she said she has filed for divorce. “This evening, I spoke with Kellie Chauvin and her family. She is devastated by Mr. Floyd’s

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on

Photo: Credit Associated Press By Dakin Andone, Hollie Silverman and Melissa Alonso, CNN The former Minneapolis police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd’s neck had 18 prior complaints filed against him with the Minneapolis Police Department’s Internal Affairs, according to the police department. It’s unclear what the internal affairs complaints

Arrest occured during live coverage of George Floyd protests in state of Minnesota A CNN reporter and his production team released Friday after they were arrested earlier while covering the protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minnesota. “We can confirm that @OmarJimenez and the CNN crew arrested this morning in Minneapolis have been released,”

© Reuters/Rafael Marchante FILE PHOTO: A tourist wearing a protective face mask, due to the coronavirus outbreak, walks in downtown Lisbon LISBON (Reuters) – The number of overnight stays by tourists in Portugal dropped 98.3% to nearly 71,000 last month from the previous year, showing the sector’s collapse as lockdowns to contain the spread of

Photo: Credit Citizen Burundi First Lady Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza Kenyans have been left questioning how a plane carrying Burundi first lady and her body guards was allowed to land in the country despite there being a ban on international travel. Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza is currently being treated for Coronavirus at the Aga Khan University Hospital.

‘What’s his name? George Floyd!’ chanted by demonstrators A fire broke out at the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct building late Thursday amid protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer. Angry demonstrators stormed the building and could be seen in

Protesters face off with police at the Minneapolis Police Third Precinctt, Thursday, May 28, 2020, after a night of rioting as protests continue over the arrest of George Floyd who died in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his