Africa

Zimbabwe settles row to give Mugabe hero’s burial

The casket of former president Robert Mugabe is carried by the presidential guard to an air force helicopter for transport…

Tunisia gears up for Sunday presidential poll steeped in uncertainty

TUNIS, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia will hold on Sunday its secondfree presidential election since the 2011 uprising that toppled…

UN eases arms embargo on Central African Republic

UN peacekeepers from Gabon patrolling Central African Republic town of Bria  UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN SecurityCouncil…

Kenya becomes third African nation to introduce world’s first malaria vaccine

NAIROBI, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya on Friday added the world’s first malaria vaccine to the routine immunization schedule for…

Liberia: Chiefs call for action over economic crimes

President George Weah MONROVIA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 300 chiefs representing Liberia’s rural and traditional bloc have called…

World Bank endorses Somalia’s steady economic recovery

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The World Bank has backed Somalia’s economy to grow above expectations for the next three-to-five…

Nigeria plans VAT increase in push to raise non-oil revenues

ABUJA, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria plans to increase value-added tax on goods, the finance minister said, as Africa’s biggest…

Kenya targets officials’ overseas trips in “brutal” spending cuts

NAIROBI, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya plans “brutal” cuts to spending, including on government officials’ overseas trips, in an effort…

50 killed in train derailment in southeast DR Congo

LUBUMBASHI (DR Congo), Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty people were killed early Thursday when a train derailed in southeastern Democratic…

Namibia: Over 30,000 drought-related cattle deaths recorded in seven months

Parched earth in a drought WINDOEK, Sept 12 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — As fodder and pasture continue to decline and the dry…