Burkina Faso: Four dead in new attack on Christians
OUAGADOUGOU, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were killed on Sunday at a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso in…
Sudan: Islamists back army in push to preserve sharia
KHARTOUM, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With talks suspended between protest leaders and Sudan’s military over a transfer of power to civilian…
Madagascar goes to polls in latest battle of bitter political feud
ANTANARIVO, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madagascar holds parliamentary elections Monday (May 27) in what is being seen as the latest…
Iran’s Non-Oil Trade With Zimbabwe Reaches 6.65 Million USD
TEHRAN, Iran, May 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran traded 1,188 tonnes of non-oil commodities worth 6.65 million U.S. dollars with Zimbabwe,…
Militants kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush
ABUJA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in…
Malta rescues 216 migrants
VALLETTA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up more than 200 migrants from two dinghies…
Uganda protests Rwanda military incursion on its territory
KAMPALA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda protested an incursion by Rwandan soldiers on its territory that it said resulted in…
Kenya: High court unanimously upholds ban on gay sex
NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s high court upheld a law banning gay sex, keeping same sex relations punishable by…
Ethiopia: Former head of notorious jail Ogaden arrested
Satellite image of Jail Ogaden. Photo courtesy of Google Earth ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The former head of a…
Uganda: Capital Kampala bans street children donations
KAMPALA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s capital Kampala has passed a law to ban giving money or food to children…