Tensions in Ethiopia’s southern Hawassa city claim 3 lives, injure dozens
HAWASSA, July 20 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) – Tensions are high in the Ethiopian southern city of Hawassa where hospital authorities said on…
AU Calls For International Action To Address Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 20 (NNN-ENA) – The African Union (AU), called for immediate international action, on the Ebola outbreak…
Morocco: Three sentenced to death for Scandinavian backpacker murders
SALE (Morocco), July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three Moroccan men were sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering two Scandinavian women…
Thousands converge on Sudan square for ‘martyrs’ rally
KHARTOUM, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators converged on a prominent square in Khartoum in a march through…
More Africans choosing to study in Malaysia
By R.Ravichandran KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — More Africans are choosing Malaysia as their favourite destination to pursue their…
ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket over ‘political interference’
LONDON, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International cricket chiefs suspended Zimbabwe over a failure to keep the sport free from governmentinterference,…
World Bank contradicts Tanzania’s growth estimates
NAIROBI, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s economy expanded 5.2% in 2018, the World Bank said, the second major report this…
Ethiopia: Protesters take to streets but agree on referendum to declare new region in 5 months
HAWASSA/ADDIS ABABA, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A political party representing some of Ethiopia’s ethnic Sidama people said it would postpone…
Kenyan marathoner Biwott banned for eight years, for 2nd doping violation – AIU
NAIROBI, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan woman marathoner Salome Jerono Biwott has been banned for eight years after being found…
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda – WHO
GENEVA, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fishmonger who died this week of Ebola may have carried the virus from Congo…