Egypt: Two policemen killed in Cairo explosion – interior ministry
CAIRO, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An explosion in Cairo on Monday killed two policemen who were chasing a man believed…
US tells Venezuela military to back opposition leader Guaido or ‘lose everything’
MIAMI, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Donald Trump urged Venezuela’s military to accept opposition leader Juan Guaido’s amnesty offer,…
Mexico to convert penal colony into cultural center
MEXICO CITY, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that an island penal colony housing 600…
US: Sixteen states sue Pres Trump over border wall emergency
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration over his decision to declare a…
Brazil bans upstream dams after deadly Brumadinho disaster
A helicopter crew makes a dramatic rescue in southeastern Brazil. BRASILIA, Feb 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Brazil’s National Mining Agency has…
Tiny South Africa beach restaurant crowned best in world
Chef Kobus van der Merwe received the Restaurant of the Year award for his beach restaurant Wolfgat in South Africa…
Kenya: Nine people die in Nakuru-Eldoret highway crash
NAIROBI, Feb 18 (NNN-KBC) — Nine people have died in a tragic road accident along Nakuru- Eldoret highway. Seven of them…
Ethiopia, Djibouti sign gas pipeline deal
DJIBOUTI, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia and Djibouti have a signed a deal to build a pipeline to carry Ethiopian…
DR Congo: 8 dead in Goma shootings
GOMA (DR Congo), Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen killed eight people in three districts of Goma in eastern Democratic…
Zimbabwe shelves plans to join Continental Free Trade Area as ‘local industry not ready’
HARARE, Feb 18 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The Zimbabwe government has shelved plans to fully join the Africa Continental Free Trade Area…