Uganda: Pop star Bobi Wine to run against Pres Yoweri Museveni in 2021 elections
Bobi Wine KAMPALA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has officially announced that he…
Somalia: Six dead and Mogadishu mayor wounded in blast at his office
MOGADISHU, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadishu was wounded in a bombing at…
Update: Kenya’s finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NAIROBI, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges over the…
South Africa pledges to cooperate with UN court in arrest of genocide suspect
PRETORIA, July 23 (NNN-GNA) — The South African government pledged to cooperate with the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal…
African Swine Fever Cases Detected In Northern Lao Province
VIENTIANE, Laos, July 23 (NNN-KPL) – Northern Lao province of Phongsaly, reported cases of the African swine fever, local daily,…
Congo health minister resigns over government handling of Ebola
GOMA (DR Congo), July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Congo’s health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned in protest at the presidency’s announcement last…
Zimbabwe Vice President in China for treatment of unknown illness
HARARE, July 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for medical treatment, a presidential…
Nigeria: 4 killed as security forces clash with Shiite protesters
Members of the group are demanding the release of their leader and his wife from detention ABUJA, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Zimbabwe increases fuel prices again, but pumps remain dry
HARARE, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe hiked fuel prices on Monday for the second time in a week but most…
Kenyan finance minister arrested on graft charges
NAIROBI, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich was arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the construction…