Africa

Algeria: Hundreds protest again, demanding ailing Pres Bouteflika resign immediately

ALGIERS, March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Algerians took to the streets of the capital on Friday to demand President…

23 Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush: local media

N’DJAMENA, March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 23 Chadian soldiers lost their lives in an ambush by the terror group…

Cyclone Idai: Cholera Cases Reported In Storm-Hit Mozambique – IFRC, Unicef

Thousands of people are still awaiting rescue from flooded areas BEIRA (Mozambique), March 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A week after the flooded…

Malawi: 17 killed, 25 injured when truck plunges into local market

NTCHEU (MALAWI), March 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least 17 people have died while 25 were seriously injured in a road accident that occurred Friday morning…

Uganda: Pres Yoweri Museveni accepts proposal to run for 6th term in 2021

President Yoweri Museveni KAMPALA, March 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, aged 74, has affirmed he still has the…

Ghana: Close to 90 perish in 2 separate accidents

55 perished in gory head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road ACCRA, March 23 (NNN-GNA) — About…

Kenya inks cooperation deal with Thailand to boost health coverage

NAIROBI, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Thursday signed a framework agreement on sharing expertise and technologies needed…

Cameroon: 20 kidnapped students freed in restive Anglophone region

YAOUNDE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Twenty students from the University of Buea’s football team in western Cameroon who were kidnapped…

Zimbabwe declares two days of national mourning as Cyclone Idai kills 139 people

HARARE, March 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared two days of national mourning following the devastating Cyclone…

One more to go: AU celebrates Ethiopia’s ratification of AfCFTA

ADDIS ABABA, March 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday approved the membership of the country into the Africa Continental…