Africa

Sports court to rule in Semenya case by March 26

GENEVA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport said that it will deliver by March 26 a…

France says top Al-Qaeda commander killed in Sahel

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita welcomes his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Bamako on July 2, 2017. France has supported…

ICJ to rule in Britain-Mauritius row over Chagos islands

THE HAGUE, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top court will hand down its view Monday in a bitter dispute between…

Sudan protest: Pres Omar Al-Bashir Declares State Of Emergency

KHARTOUM, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has declared a national state of emergency, dismissed the federal government…

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir declares state of emergency

KHARTOUM, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday declared a state of emergency in Sudan for one…

Kenya: Cabinet agrees on road-map for addressing Somalia maritime border dispute

NAIROBI, Feb 22 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday chaired a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, which discussed and…

299 mln USD sought to aid 2.3 mln people in Cameroon: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — The government of Cameroon, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners are seeking to…

Algeria: Pres Bouteflika heads to Switzerland for medical checks

ALGIERS, Feb 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ahead of Algeria’s presidential elections in April, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is seeking a fifth…

South Africa: National Assembly to dissolve to pave way for May elections

PRETORIA, Feb 22 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s National Assembly has adopted a resolution to dissolve the Fifth Parliament, whose five-year…

Security chief in south Libya town assassinated: Ministry

TRIPOLI, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed men have murdered a security official in southern Libya, the UN-backed government said, a…