Gun battle rages between Al Shabaab and Somali troops after hotel attack
Scene where a suicide car bomb exploded targeting a Mogadishu hotel in a business center in Maka Al Mukaram street…
Namibian president urges Germany to apologize for 1904-1908 genocide
WINDHOEK, March 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Namibian president Hage Geingob said his country expect Germany to issue an apology acceptable to…
Morocco, Nigeria vow to strengthen partnership
RABAT, March 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to strengthen partnership, the Moroccan…
Senegal election: President Macky Sall wins second term
DAKAR, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal’s President Macky Sall has won a second seven-year term following Sunday’s election.He took 58%…
Sudan: Embattled Pres Bashir steps aside as head of ruling party
KHARTOUM, March 1 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday delegated his powers and authority as head of the…
Somalia: Huge explosions rock capital Mogadishu, deaths reported
There was an estimated duration of an hour between the first and second blasts MOGADISHU, March 1 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Deadly…
Ghana VP Bawumia returns home with funding for Tamale Airport, Bekwai Hospital & Kumasi Market expansion
ACCRA, March 1 (NNN-GNA) — Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has returned home after his United Kingdom trip where it…
South Africa: Zinc mine to change the face of the Northern Cape – Pres Ramaphosa
NORTHERN CAPE (South Africa), March 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — Pres Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that Vedanta Resources Limited’s investment at its Gamsberg zinc…
Sudan jails eight over banned protests
KHARTOUM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Eight anti-government protesters were sentenced to jail in Sudan late Thursday, state media reported, the…
Update: After attacks, MSF suspends Ebola treatment in epicenter of Congo outbreak
KINSHASA, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended medical activities at the epicenter of an Ebola epidemic…