TRIPOLI, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rocket fire targeted the Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport on Wednesday, dealing another setback to peace efforts a day before regional foreign ministers meet in Algeria to discuss the crisis.Tripoli’s Mitiga airport was forced to suspend all flights for several hours after it was targeted…

Good hygiene to discourage rodents from entering homes is recommended to prevent Lassa outbreaks ABUJA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in northern Nigeria’s Kano state have confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever.Four people have died from the outbreak, including two medical staff who performed surgery on an infected patient.Health commissioner…

ABUJA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of a Christian leader in northern Nigeria.Reverend Lawan Andimi was abducted by gunmen believed to be Islamist militants in early January.In a statement, the Nigerian president described the killing of Reverend Andimi as deliberately provocative.He also revealed that…

Haftar’s battle for Tripoli has displaced tens of thousands of people ALGIERS, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria will host foreign affairs ministers from six northern and sub-Saharan African countries on Thursday to discuss the conflict in Libya. The Algiers meeting of ministers from Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad, Mali and Niger…

A boat capsized KINSHASA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 15 people died after a boat capsized in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a local mayor said.More people are missing from the Monday accident in Lake Mai-Ndombe, the Mayor of Inongo, Cosmos Mboo Wemba, said.The cause of…

OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty-six civilians were killed in Burkina Faso on Monday in what the government called a terrorist attack on a market in Sanmatenga province. Armed militants forced their way into the market of the village of Alamou and attacked people there before burning the structure to…

President Kagame speaks at King’s College, London International School for Government LONDON, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda is considering scrapping visa fees for citizens of the Commonwealth, as well as the African Union and La Francophonie member countries, President Paul Kagame has announced. Kagame made the announcement at the International…

KHARTOUM, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The starving lions at the Dinder park in Sudan, whose photos caused an online outcry earlier this week, are now getting treatment.A plea from the Sudan Wildlife Research Centre (SWRC), and an online campaign, have resulted in help arriving for the malnourished lions. One of…

UK-based Strive Masiyiwa HARARE, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s junior doctors have agreed to return to work, ending a strike that has lasted for over four months, after they accepted an offer from a Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire.The strike was one of the longest in the country’s history and brought the…

Abyei is now under the administration of the UN interim security force JUBA, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 29 civilians, including children have been killed in an attack by armed assailants in the disputed region of Abyei, the regional administrator said. The incident took place Wednesday at Kolom Village…