Africa

Over 25,000 Moroccan underage girls get married in 2018: minister

RABAT, March 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 25,514 girls under the legal age of 18 got married in 2018,…

In Zimbabwe, grief and hunger stalk storm victims

CHIMANIMANI (Zimbabwe), March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eunica Simango sits with downcast eyes as she waits at a relief centre in…

Update: Hundreds of thousands of Algerians rally against Bouteflika

ALGIERS, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of Algerians rallied on Friday to demand the immediate resignation of President…

Italy bus hijacker wanted kids as human shields for Africa escape: Reports

ROME, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths…

Algeria: Hundreds protest again, demanding ailing Pres Bouteflika resign immediately

ALGIERS, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Algerians took to the streets of the capital on Friday to demand President…

23 Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush: local media

N’DJAMENA, March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 23 Chadian soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by the terror group…

Cyclone Idai: Cholera Cases Reported In Storm-Hit Mozambique – IFRC, Unicef

Thousands of people are still awaiting rescue from flooded areas BEIRA (Mozambique), March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A week after the flooded…

Malawi: 17 killed, 25 injured when truck plunges into local market

NTCHEU (MALAWI), March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 17 people have died while 25 were seriously injured in a road accident that occurred Friday morning…

Uganda: Pres Yoweri Museveni accepts proposal to run for 6th term in 2021

President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, March 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, aged 74, has affirmed he still has the…

Ghana: Close to 90 perish in 2 separate accidents

55 perished in gory head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road ACCRA, March 23 (NNN-GNA) — About…