United Kingdom expects trade with Ghana to increase to £1.4 billion

Harriet Thompson ACCRA, Nov 21 (NNN-GNA) — Trade between Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) is targetted to grow to £1.4 billion in value as the two countries commit to a new three-party partnership, including Rwanda, which is expected to boost trade opportunities between local businesses and their foreign counterparts.According…

UK admits surge in visa application by Nigerians

ABUJA, Nov 21 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said that the number of Nigerians applying for visas to the UK has increased in recent times. In her disclosure on Sunday at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum, she noted, however, that the UK government…

Nigeria: Gunmen kill three police officers in South-East; kidnappers abduct two doctors, demand N100 million ransom

ABUJA, Nov 21 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) –Three police officers were killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Agbani, a community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east. The gunmen stormed the checkpoint at about 8 a.m. on Saturday and opened fire on police officers on duty, killing three…

Nine killed after vehicle plunges into dam in north Nigeria

KANO (Nigeria), Nov 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 9 people were killed after a vehicle carrying 12 people plunged into a dam in north Nigeria’s Kano state on Saturday, according to an official on Sunday. Saminu Abdullahi, a spokesperson for the Kano State Fire Service, said in a statement that…

US shooting: 5 killed, 18 wounded in Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a shooting at a gay nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs on Sunday, police said. A suspect was in custody and was being treated for injuries after the attack at Club Q,…

US violence: 4 University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their beds

MOSCOW (Idaho, US), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly a week after four University of Idaho students were found dead in their rental home, a coroner has revealed they were stabbed in their beds. The three young women and young man were probably sleeping when they were attacked on Sunday Nov…

Equatorial Guinea heads to Sunday polls for presidential, legislative elections

MALABO, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The people of the Central African country of Equatorial Guinea are voting on Sunday for their new president and representatives in both parliamentary chambers. Out of a population of less than 2 million, about 400,000 voters are expected to cast their ballots between 8 a.m.…

US: 4 killed in small plane crash in Washington state

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Four people died Friday after a small plane appeared to have broken up in midair before striking the ground east of Harvey Field Airport in Snohomish County, US state of Washington, investigators announced on Saturday. The accident happened about an hour after the Cessna 208B…

COP27: EU ‘disappointed’ with UN climate deal on emissions

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union expressed disappointment Sunday with a lack of ambition on reducing emissions in the climate deal agreed at the UN’s COP27 summit in Egypt. The 27-nation bloc and other developed countries had pushed for stronger commitments to bring down emissions in…

Deadly floods, landslides in eastern DR Congo

GOMA (DR Congo), Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two days of flooding and landslides in eastern DR Congo have claimed more than 20 lives, officials and police said. At least 13 people were killed Friday at an illegal gold mine at Rubaya, in the North Kivu province territory of Masisi. “The victims…