New UN meeting on Belarus on Friday
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council is to hold an informal meeting on Friday on the…
Covid-19: Russia cases pass 1 million as students back to school
MOSCOW, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia has surpassed the one million mark in total coronavirus cases as students throughout the…
Covid-19: Nigeria’s ‘Kannywood’ films soar online thanks to virus
KANO (Nigeria), Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At a time when the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on businesses around the world,…
Nigeria: 23,000, mostly children, reported missing in Nigeria in eight years – Red Cross
Destroyed homes in Kajuru, Kaduna MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Not less than 23,000 persons, mostly children were reported…
Kenya: Panic as desert locusts start maturing
A motorist drives within desert locusts near a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia NAIROBI,…
Covid-19: Africa records 331 more deaths and 8,477 new infections
Rwandan health workers test government officials and executives from the private sector for coronavirus ADDIS ABABA, Aug 31 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) —…
Boat carrying nearly 370 migrants reaches Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fishing boat carrying nearly 370 migrants landed overnight on the Italian island of Lampedusa,…
Greece: Fire near archaeological site of Mycenae dies down
A wildfire raged near the ruins of the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in Greece ATHENS, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A…
US: Firefighters make headway against lightning-sparked California wildfires
A helicopter releases water to extinguish a section of the LNU Lightning Complex Fire near Middletown, California LOS ANGELES, Aug…
Zimbabwe probes deaths of 12 elephants near Hwange park
HARARE, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwean wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of 12 elephants last week in a forest…