Nigeria: Delta State confirms outbreak of bird flu, 164,173 birds reported dead
ABUJA, Aug 26 (NNN-NAN) — Nigerian authorities in Delta have confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in the state, with…
Somalia: al-Shabaab militants recapture strategic town
MOGADISHU, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Islamist group, al-Shabaab, is reported to have seized a strategic town in central Somalia.…
16 soldiers killed in insurgency-hit southeast ; 50 of the insurgents neutralised
NIAMEY, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger’s insurgency-plagued southeast…
Canada races to beat US deadline in Afghanistan
OTTAWA, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada is racing to wind down its Afghanistan evacuation effort ahead of America’s Aug 31…
UN agency,Universal Postal Union, banned British stamps from Chagos Islands in Indian Ocean
Stamps marked British Indian Ocean Territory now won’t be recognised PORT LOUIS, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritius has moved a…
German model seriously injured in leopard attack during photoshoot
Two leopards live in the enclosure, Troy and Paris BERLIN, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 36-year-old model has been mauled…
Covid-19: US plans booster shots at six months instead of eight
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US health regulators could approve a third COVID-19 shot for adults beginning at least six months…
Russian Pres Putin holds talk with China’s Xi and Pakistan’s Imran Khan on Afghan situation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping MOSCOW, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his…
Afghan girl born on US military plane named Reach, after aircraft’s code name
BERLIN, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Afghan girl born aboard a US military plane as her family was fleeing Taliban…
Uganda, South Sudan in talks over rampant fatal road ambushes
KAMPALA, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Uganda and South Sudan are in talks over a growing number of deadly ambushes on…