Covid-19: Mauritius officially virus-free after total recoveries, no new cases
Mauritius becomes the second African country to declare virus-free status PORT LOUIS, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritius declared total recoveries…
Covid-19: Congolese rail worker dies of coronavirus after being spat at
Ticket office worker Belly Mujinga died of coronavirus in April LONDON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Congolese woman, who worked…
Covid-19: Ethiopia cases jump to 261, president calls for global solidarity
President Sahle-Work ADDIS ABABA, May 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s Covid-19 case count hit 261, the Health Ministry announced with 11…
Violence in northwest Nigeria drives 23,000 into Niger – UNHCR
ABUJA, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Violence in northwest Nigeria has forced about 23,000 refugees to flee to Niger since April…
Covid-19: US gives 1,000 ventilators to South Africa, cases pass 11,000
PRETORIA, May 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The US government is donating “up to 1,000” ventilators to South Africa to help the…
Covid-19: Tentative restart for Indian trains even as virus cases surge
NEW DELHI, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India’s enormous railway network was grinding back to life Tuesday in a gradual lifting…
Venezuela: Two Guaido advisors resign accused by government of links to failed ‘invasion’
CARACAS, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two advisors to Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido resigned after being accused by the government…
Four Burkina Faso soldiers killed in militant attack
OUAGADOUGOU, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least four Burkina Faso soldiers were killed in a militant attack in the restive…
Mali president’s ally elected to lead parliament
BAMAKO, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s parliament picked a close ally of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as its head, despite…
US official tells Iran to send plane for prisoner exchange
WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Iran clashed Monday on the prospect of a prisoner swap, with…