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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…