Africa

DR Congo offers $5m bounties for rebel leaders

Corneille Nangaa has addressed large rallies in cities captured by the M23 KINSHASA, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic…

Nigeria: Vital leprosy drugs due after year delay

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year ABUJA, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Kenya: Pres Ruto’s church donation sparks clashes with youth struggling with the high cost of living

Roads were blocked by piles of burning rubbish and littered with rocks NAIROBI, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Kenya have…

US pulls non-emergency staff from South Sudan after clashes

WASHINGTON, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has ordered all non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, the State…

Ethiopian Airlines Marked Int’l Women’s Day With Six All-Women-Functioned Flights

ADDIS ABABA, Mar 9 (NNN-ENA) – Africa’s leading carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, said yesterday, in a press release that, it operated…

Over 550 migrants die attempting to cross Red Sea in 2024: IOM

ADDIS ABABA, March 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 558 East African migrants have died along the dangerous eastern migration route…

France hands over two military sites to Senegal

DAKAR, March 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — France officially transferred control of two military sites in the Senegalese capital of Dakar to…

South Sudan general among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter

JUBA, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers have been killed after a United Nations helicopter trying…

New Ebola cluster detected in Uganda, Africa CDC says

KAMPALA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease…

US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with South Africa

PRETORIA, March 8 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa says it notes the United States’ decision to revoke the US International Climate…