Nigeria: Pres Buhari pledges to leave office in 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Jan 3 (NNN-NAN) — President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his intention not to contest the 2023 presidential elections but determined to help strengthen the electoral process both in Nigeria and across Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several…

Climate change has brought parts of Zambia to the brink of famine

LUSAKA, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia is wrestling with a devastating drought caused, according to experts, by a dramatic shift in weather patterns. Temperatures in parts of Southern Africa are expected to rise by twice the global average as a result of climate change, and the UN is calling for…

Malawi: Albinos get personal security alarms

LILONGWE, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi is distributing personal security alarms to people with albinism, a condition that causes whitening of the skin from lack of pigmentation. Malawi authorities hope the alarms will protect albinos from attacks by people who believe their body parts have magical powers. But the alarms…

Somalia: Mogadishu residents hold protest against Al-Shabaab

MOGADISHU, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of Mogadishu have organised a protest march against the terror group Al-shabaab.The move follows last week’s bombing in which 90 people were killed while 100 others left with serious injuries.Police heightened security around Mogadishu to ward off any possible attack on the demonstrators.The demonstration…

Algeria frees prominent war veteran, government critics

Before his arrest, Bouregaa took part in the demonstrations that have rocked Algeria since last Feb. ALGIERS, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria has released several prominent anti-government protest figures from detention, including well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, according to one of his lawyers.Bouregaa was freed on Thursday from Algiers…

Algeria appoints new government amid political crisis

ALGIERS, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria appointed a new government on Thursday, as the country faces its biggest political crisis in decades and a raft of economic problems caused by falling energy revenues.President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected last month and appointed Abdelaziz Djerad as prime minister on Saturday. They have…

Turkey’s parliament approves military deployment to Libya

The Turkish parliament has approved a bill to send troops to Libya ANKARA, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey’s parliament has approved a bill to deploy troops to Libya in support of the embattled United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), paving the way for increased military cooperation despite criticism from…

Arab League warns against deployment of foreign fighters in Libya

Permanent representatives of the Arab League take part in an emergency meeting CAIRO, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and worsen its conflict.The Arab League’s council,…

Venezuela: Riot in jail leaves at least 10 inmates dead

CARACAS, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gang fighting at a jail in Venezuela leftat least 10 inmates dead, an NGO reported. At least four grenades were detonated in clashes that began Monday evening in the northwestern state of Zulia, said the NGO, a human rights group called Una Ventana a la…

Iraq: Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic incursion. Thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed had encircled and vandalised the embassy compound Tuesday, outraged by US…