South Africa: Release of state-owned land to be prioritised – deputy president
PRETORIA, July 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — Deputy President David Mabuza says the release of government-owned land will be prioritised in a…
Madagascar footballers knighted after historic Afcon performance
ANTANANARIVO, July 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Madagascar’s national football team players have been awarded with the rank of Knight of the…
Nigeria: 13 dead in building collapse, 7 survived
JOS (Nigeria), July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue team search for survivors in Jos, Central Nigeria following a three-storey residential facility…
Sudan: Peacekeeper killed in Abyei attack – UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The United Nations says one peacekeeper and five civilians have been killed in an attack on peacekeepers on a routine patrol…
Manchester Bomber’s Brother Handed Over From Libya To Britain
TRIPOLI, July 18 (NNN-XINHUA) — Libyan authorities handed over Hashem Abedi, brother of the Libyan suicide bomber in a Manchester concert hall, to Britain. “A…
German Sea-Watch captain to face Italy prosecutor over migrants
AGRIGENTO (Italy), July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German captain Carola Rackete, who sparked international headlines by forcibly docking in an Italian…
Kenya: Interior Ministry orders deportation of 17 foreign directors of betting firms
NAIROBI, July 18 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenya’s war on betting reached new heights when the interior ministry ordered the deportation of…
Ghana and Ivory Coast lift threat to suspend cocoa supplies
ABIDJAN, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, have ended a threat to…
Algeria corruption trial: Minister continues to work despite on bail
Abdelkader Benmessaoud ALGIERS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerians on social media are strongly critical of a government minister remaining in…
South Africa: Corruption inquiry adjourns after former president Zuma’s lawyers say questioning unfair
PRETORIA, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African judge adjourned until Friday morning a public inquiry into state corruption after…