Africa

Death toll from Malawi flooding rises to 28, almost 227,000 people affected

BLANTYRE, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people killed in heavy rains and flooding in southern Malawi has risen…

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Returns To Algeria Amid Mass Protests

Algeria protesters chant: “Peaceful! Peaceful!”  ALGIERS, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A plane carrying Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has landed…

Governor election counting halted in southern Nigeria oil state

A man raises a ballot paper in Lagos as counting begins YENAGOA (Nigeria), March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Counting in the…

Seven soldiers, dozens of Boko Haram militants killed in Niger attack: ministry

NIAMEY, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram militants in…

UN chief proposes cutting DR Congo peace force

UNITED NATIONS, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN chief Antonio Guterres has proposed shrinking the large peacekeeping force in the Democratic…

Engine failure forces Air France A380 back to Abidjan

ABIDJAN, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A mid-flight engine failure forced anAir France A380 jet with more than 500 passengers on…

Pilot of crashed plane reported ‘difficulties’, asked to return: Ethiopian Airlines

ADDIS ABABA, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The pilot of a Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 that crashed six minutes after takeoff from…

Morocco brings back 8 nationals from Syria

Photo courtesy Anadolu RABAT, Morocco, March 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Moroccan authorities have repatriated eight Moroccan nationals who were in…

Sunday’s Ethiopian plane crash had passengers from 35 countries

People walk past a part of the wreckage at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash,…

Sunday’s Ethiopian plane crash had passengers from 35 countries

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (NNN) — There were passengers from at least 35 countries on board the Ethiopian Airlines Flight…