Doctor attending to patients ABUJA, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian authorities have announced increased emergency measures to contain the latest outbreak of Lassa fever in the West African country, following the death of 29 people this month from the viral disease. “As at 24th of January 2020, 195 confirmed cases…

ASMARA, Jan 28 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Eritrean capital Asmara is hosting the third round of a trilateral summit between presidents of Eritrea and Somalia and the Ethiopian Prime Minister.PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia was the first of the visiting leaders to arrive in Asmara on Sunday. He was received at the…

There has been widespread concern about the plight of the lions KHARTOUM, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of wildlife conservationists has flown to Sudan to look after four starving lions in a zoo in the capital Khartoum.The animals went hungry during the months of political and economic turmoil last…

Protesters have been calling for elections this year BANJUL, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Gambia has banned a movement opposed to President Adama Barrow’s decision to renege on a promise to call elections this year. Barrow came to power in 2017 as the head of an alliance of parties opposed…

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new chief executive of South Africa’s power utility Eskom said that a plan to split the loss-making company should not be rushed, because risks associated with the process need to be assessed and managed properly. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last year that Eskom would…

BUJUMBURA, Jan 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Burundi’s Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was on Sunday confirmed as the ruling party’s candidate in the May presidential elections. The national conference for the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the rural province of Gitega is the latest proof that the country’s president Pierre Nkurunziza will now retire after serving…