Four Turks kidnapped in Nigeria, police launch rescue operation
ABUJA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue…
AU calls for international actions to address DRC Ebola outbreak
ADDIS ABABA, July 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The African Union called for urgent international actions to tackle the Ebola outbreak in…
Africans more than twice as likely to be denied UK visa – parliamentary report
LONDON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africans are more than twice likely to be refused UK visitor visas than applicants from…
Nigeria: Aid worker killed, six missing as gunmen attack NGO convoy in Borno
ABUJA, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person has been killed and six others are missing after suspected Boko Haram gunmen…
At least 17 people killed in Ethiopia during unrest over Sidama autonomy – local official
ADDIS ABABA, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 17 people have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and…
Nigeria president condemns latest killings in northwestern Sokoto state
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state…
Tunisia: Leader of moderate Islamist party says to stand for parliamentary elections
TUNIS, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the…
DR Congo: One dead, 14 wounded in clash involving Pygmies near gorilla sanctuary
KINSHASA, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and 14 injured in clashes near a gorilla sanctuary in DR…
Kenya: President Kenyatta commissions Africa’s largest wind power project
NAIROBI, July 21 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project,…
South Africa: Ruling party ANC voices “full confidence” in president implicated in election donation scandal
CAPE TOWN, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Saturday voiced “full confidence” in President Cyril…