Ethiopia to hold national election next year
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s ruling coalition said it will hold a national election next year, defying worries…
South Africa’s Eskom supplies Zimbabwe with 400 megawatts of power
HARARE, Aug 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South African utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. began exports of up to 400 megawatts into…
Kenya’s first all-female SWAT team set up
The 48 commando officers, drawn from the Administration Police Service (APS), have undergone through five months of physical and combat…
UN calls for humanitarian truce in Libya
Fighters of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) TRIPOLI, Aug 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in…
South Africa donates over R100 million to South Sudan
JUBA, Aug 10 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa has donated over R100 million worth of humanitarian assistance to the Republic of…
Women changing South Africa for the better: Pres Ramaphosa
PRETORIA, Aug 10 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa says women in the workplace and in the boardrooms, in the factories and…
Chad: Dozens dead in fresh ethnic fighting
N’DJAMENA, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between farmers and…
Mediterranean Sea: Rescue ship plucks 85 African migrants from the sea
ROME, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on…
10 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast freed
ISTANBUL, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ten Turkish sailors on a cargo ship who were kidnapped by pirates off the coast…
Mozambique charges 20 in connection with $2 billion hidden debt scandal
Former President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza MAPUTO, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambican authorities have charged 20 people, including the son…