Africa

Kenya inks cooperation deal with Thailand to boost health coverage

NAIROBI, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Thursday signed a framework agreement on sharing expertise and technologies needed…

Cameroon: 20 kidnapped students freed in restive Anglophone region

YAOUNDE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty students from the University of Buea’s football team in western Cameroon who were kidnapped…

Zimbabwe declares two days of national mourning as Cyclone Idai kills 139 people

HARARE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared two days of national mourning following the devastating Cyclone…

One more to go: AU celebrates Ethiopia’s ratification of AfCFTA

ADDIS ABABA, March 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday approved the membership of the country into the Africa Continental…

France to return African treasures to Benin – Pres Macron

PARIS, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed to return 26 cultural artefacts to Benin “without…

Dozens dead in Islamist attack in Burkina Faso: HRW

OUAGADOUGOU, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An offensive by militants in northern Burkina Faso has left dozens of civilians dead and…

Update: Aid workers widen search for Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone survivors, death toll mounts

BEIRA (Mozambique), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers widened their search in Mozambique and Zimbabwe for survivors of devastating floods…

Zimbabwe raises public workers pay by 29 percent, averts strike for now

HARARE, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s public workers have accepted a 29 percent salary hike for the lowest paid employees,…

Algeria general praises public’s ‘noble aims’ in sign of distance from outgoing Pres Bouteflika

ALGIERS, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s army chief declared that the public has expressed “noble aims” during weeks of demonstrations…

SADC holds Solidarity Conference on Western Sahara

FLAGS OF SADC MEMBER COUNTRIES LUANDA, March 22 (NNN-ANGOP) — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold a symposium…