Africa

MTN Uganda CEO deported over national security – police

KAMPALA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The chief executive officer of telecoms group MTN Uganda, a unit of South Africa’s MTN…

South Africa withdraws arrest warrant for Zuma friend Gupta

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa has provisionally withdrawn an arrest warrant for Ajay Gupta, a businessman and friend…

Dozens Of Bodies Found In North-West Nigeria

ABUJA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials in north-west Nigeria have reported the discovery of the bodies of 66 people, 22 of…

Dozens feared dead in flood at disused Zimbabwe gold mines: govt

HARARE, Feb 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 60 suspected illegal gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe on Friday…

Nigeria postpones presidential election for one week

Photo courtesy NAN ABUJA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigeria’s electoral watchdog on Saturdaypostponed presidential and parliamentary elections for one week,…

Bomb hidden in corpse kills Burkina Faso army doctor

OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bomb hidden in a corpse dressed in military uniform killed an army doctor and…

Kenya: Police warn striking nurses

NAIROBI, Feb 15 (NNN-KBC) — The National Police Service has issued a warning to striking nurses following an executive order…

China-aided state house handed over to Burundi

BUJUMBURA, Feb 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chinese Ambassador to Burundi Li Changlin and Burundian Foreign Affairs Minister Ezechiel Nibigira on Thursday…

Nigerian gov’t orders border closure ahead of elections

ABUJA, Feb 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Nigerian government on Thursday ordered the closure of all land borders to ensure a…

Zimbabwe disused gold mine flooded, many feared dead

HARARE, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 23 gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe on Thursday after water flooded…