Sudan crisis: Heavy rains, flooding kill 114 since June as a dozen aid trucks cross into famine-hit Darfur region
KHARTOUM, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Heavy rains and flooding from Sudan’s rainy season, which began in June, have resulted in…
UN migration agency seeks 18.5 mln USD to help mpox-affected migrants in Africa
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations migration agency appealed for 18.5 million U.S. dollars on Wednesday to provide…
African health officials hopeful mpox shots will start within days as WHO says outbreak is ‘not the new Covid’
Patients stand at an mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, in DRC KINSHASA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African…
Russia-China partnership ‘yielding results’, Pres Putin says
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) meets Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang in Moscow MOSCOW, AUG 22…
Nigeria: Citizens outraged by President’s new plane, a 15-year-old aircraft
President Tinubu travelled to France on the new plane ABUJA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Many Nigerians have reacted with outrage after…
Hungary: New law could make thousands of Ukrainian refugees homeless
BUDAPEST, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new law has come into force in Hungary which threatens to push thousands of…
Kenya: 5 policemen in court for allegedly helping serial killer suspect’s escape from police lockup
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five Kenyan police officers appeared in court on Wednesday, suspected of helping a man accused…
France: Police shoot man who set fire at Angoulemeh town hall
ANGOULEME (France), Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police shot and gravely wounded a man Wednesday after he set fire to the…
Portugal: Madeira wildfire threatens UNESCO listed forest
LISBON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Portuguese authorities sent reinforcements to the island of Madeira on Wednesday to fight a wildfire…
Bosnia: High school staffer shoots dead three colleagues during teachers’ meeting – police
SARAJEVO, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three high school employees were shot dead Wednesday at a school in northwest Bosnia by a co-worker who then…