Africa

Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on board

ADDIS ABABA, Ethopia, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – No survivors among 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that…

Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashes, deaths reported

ADDIS ABABA, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An Ethiopian Airlines flight between Addis Ababa and Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has crashed, the…

Libya Closes Tripoli Airport Again Over Drone Infiltration

TRIPOLI, Libya, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Libya’s Civil Aviation Authority, on Saturday, closed the Mitiga International Airport of the capital…

Severe flooding kills 23 in Malawi

Maize fields are immersed in flood water in southern Malawi, March 8, 2019. BLANTYRE, March 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty-three people…

Rwandan Pres Kagame, Tanzanian Pres Magufuli Hold Bilateral Talks in Dar es Salaam

President Kagame together with his host, President John Pombe Magufuli at the State House, Dar es Salaam. DAR ES SALAAM,…

Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa seeks ways to dodge US, EU sanctions

HARARE, March 9 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to use his industrialization agenda as a tool to counter…

UAE, UNHCR Review Cooperation

KIGALI, Rwanda, March 9 (NNN-WAM) — The UAE’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Hazza Mohammed Al-Qahtani, received the Representative of the United…

Some 50 migrants wounded by clash inside detention centre in Libya-UN

TRIPOLI, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 50 migrants were reportedly injured after they staged a protest that was suppressed…

On International Women’s Day, Sudan’s Bashir orders release of female detainees

KHARTOUM, March 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on International Women’s Day on Friday ordered the release of all…

Zambian SMEs create 27,000 jobs in 2018

LUSAKA, March 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — About 27,000 jobs were created by small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zambia last year, the country’s…