MOGADISHU, Oct 9 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Somalia’s government announced a crackdown on media outlets that publish what it deems propaganda for the militant group Al-Shabaab and warned that offenders would be punished. The move comes as Somalia’s armed forces, backed by local militias and international allies, wage an aggressive counter-insurgency against…

PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 8 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa exuded confidence that the five million tourists target was still within reach, as Tanzania explores other tourism products. The Premier hinted that the country was banking on Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions (MICE) tourism as an…

TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Fifteen bodies were found on a beach near the Libyan city of Sabratha, some of them burned, the Libyan Red Crescent said. The group did not identify the dead or say how they had died, but human rights groups said they were likely migrants. After…

NIAMEY, Oct 8 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said, describing the toll as one of the highest on record. Rainy-season floods claimed…

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Polisario Front representative at the United Nations, Sidi Mohamed Omar, called on the international community and the UN to take action against Morocco’s violations in Western Sahara. In a speech at the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, he claimed that the Saharawi…