Nigeria shuts Action Against Hunger aid group ‘for feeding militants’
MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it…
Saudi Arabia oil attacks: US to send ‘defensive’ troops to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of…
Nigerian elected president of United Nations General Assembly
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (c) UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Every year in September, all 193 members of the United Nations…
UN: At least 28 displaced people killed in northern Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo KINSHASA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 28 people have been killed in a northeastern…
Oil theft cost Nigeria $1.35 bln, group urges legal task force: govt committee reports
ABUJA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria lost $1.35 billion to oil theft in the first six months of this year…
EU backs Romania’s corruption fighter as new Chief Prosecutor
BRUSSELS/BUCHAREST, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Laura Codruta Kovesi, Romania’s former anti-corruption chief, looks set to become the EU’s top prosecutor, despite opposition…
Burkina Faso: Ambush leaves at least 5 soldiers dead, bridge blown up
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five soldiers were killed in an ambush in northwestern Burkina Faso near the…
US ordered two members of Cuba’s UN mission to leave on ‘security grounds’
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two members of Cuba’s UN mission have been ordered to leave the United States over an…
Brazil judge orders Vale to compensate families over dam burst
BRASILIA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Brazilian state judge ordered mining giant Vale to pay nearly US$3 million to the…
Libyan Coast Guard picks up nearly 500 migrants in region surrounding Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s Coast Guard said it had picked up 493 migrants on six inflatable boats in…