Africa

Sudanese Police Announce Death Of Detainee Over “Food Poisoning”

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb 3 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudanese police announced the death of a detainee at Khashm el-Girba town, in eastern…

New Bridge To Be Built Linking Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Feb 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Officials of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea said that, they have agreed on plans to…

U.S Army Kills 13 Al-Shabab Militants In Southern Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United States army said, on Saturday evening, that, its forces conducted an air…

Nigerian VP Survives Helicopter Crash

ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, survived a helicopter crash while on an…

Libyan Army-Chad militant clashes cause blackout in southern Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s state-owned General Electricity Company announced Friday that the current clashes between the army forces…

UN Peace monitors call for effective army unification in South Sudan

JUBA, Feb 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The South Sudan peace monitoring body on Friday called for the establishment of numbers, training…

ICC orders conditional release of Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo

THE HAGUE, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the conditional release of former Ivory Coast…

Ghana: Small scale miners yet to resume operations, miners target 3-month to fully return

ACCRA, Feb 2 (NNN-GNA) — Several weeks after the lifting of the ban on small scale mining, productive activities of…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa named 2018 Newsmaker of the Year

PRETORIA,  Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s National Press Club has named President Cyril Ramaphosa as the 2018 Newsmaker of…

South Africa: Shamila Batohi, new NPA boss takes aim at corruption

PRETORIA, Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi has taken a firm stance against corruption…