Zimbabwe teachers to strike, ignoring government appeal
HARARE, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwean teachers will go ahead with a national strike after last-ditch negotiations with the government…
Mozambique busts ‘30,000 ghost workers’
MAPUTO, Feb 6 (NNN-ANGOP) — Mozambique’s government has discovered more than 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll. The…
Ivory Coast Ex-President Gbagbo Released To Belgium After Acquittal
THE HAGUE, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo has now been released after his acquittal last month by the…
DR Congo Defends ‘Golden Parachute’ Decree
KINSHASA, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Democratic Republic of Congo has defended the decrees that grant ministers lifetime…
WHO Warns Against Repeated Attacks On Libyan Hospitals
TRIPOLI, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned against repeated attacks on hospitals and medical workers in Libya. “The…
US offers Niger operations centre to fight Boko Haram
NIAMEY, Feb 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States turned over acommunications and operations centre to the Niger army on Monday…
Ebola In DRC Threatens Neighbouring South Sudan: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has prompted the United Nations…
Western Diplomats Regret Disobeying Diplomatic Protocol In S. Africa
JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa, Feb 5 (NNN-SANEWS) – Heads of the diplomatic missions of Switzerland, Britain, Germany, The Netherlands and the…
Nigerian Candidate Says Her Withdrawal From Presidential Race Not A Plot
ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Nigerian female politician and former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of…
Nigeria Records 41,000 Cancer-Related Deaths In 2018: WHO
ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 41,000 Nigerians were killed by cancer in 2018, out of an…