Zimbabwe declares interim RTGS dollar its sole legal currency
HARARE, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe has declared its interim currency, the RTGS dollar, the country’s sole legal tender with…
Ethiopia Amhara ‘coup ringleader killed’
The renegade general was released from prison last year ADDIS ABABA, June 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The suspected ringleader of Saturday’s failed coup…
South Sudan: EU Gives South Sudan U.S.$54 Million for Humanitarian Aid
JUBA, June 24 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The European Union (EU) has given South Sudan 48.5 million euros ($54.8 million) to avert…
UN chief voices concern over deadly incidents in Ethiopia
UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the weekend’s deadly incidents in Ethiopia,…
At least 8 killed in pipeline explosion in south-eastern Nigeria
ABUJA, June 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — At least eight people died in an oil pipeline explosion in south-eastern Nigeria, police reported,…
Thousands of Malians demonstrate to demand end to massacres
BAMAKO, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Mali’s capital to demand an end…
Boko Haram kill 7 Chadian soldiers, local guard in ambush
N’DJAMENA, June 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in a Boko Haram ambush in…
Update: Mauritania ruling party’s Ghazouani declared presidential vote winner
NOUAKCHOTT, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritania’s ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won the presidential election with 52 per cent…
Mauritania set for first democratic transition of power
NOUAKCHOTT, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritania has been voting in what may result in the first democratic transition of power…
West African task force says troops killed 42 Daesh fighters near Lake Chad
ABUJA, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — West African troops killed 42 suspected Daesh fighters in a battle in the Lake Chad…