A scuba diver admires fish at the seabed NAIROBI, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya is set to ratify the Unesco 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage as it seeks to build an underwater museum, a first in sub-Saharan Africa.The Cabinet has approved the adoption of the…

Rwanda has put on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir KIGALI, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda says it is putting on hold the acquisition of new airplanes for its national carrier RwandAir mainly due to the impact of COVID-19 on business.The additional planes were to enable RwandAir…

KADUNA (Nigeria), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — No fewer than seven persons were said to have been killed in a fresh inter-community violence which erupted in Nigeria’s Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.The incidents occurred between Saturday and the early hours of Sunday, a government statement said.Four persons sustained injuries,…

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians fled to Sudan to avoid Tigray crisis KHARTOUM, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some $150 million is needed to tackle the refugee crisis in Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency said.Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have fled from the embattled northern Tigray region to seek refuge in Sudan.Filipo Grandi, who…

MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A weekend attack on a village in northeast Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram group left at least 110 dead, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said. “At least 110 civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack,” Edward…

A Mil Mi-35P helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force ABUJA, Nov 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Dozens of Boko Haram militants were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the military in Nigeria’s northeast region, a military spokesman said. Some hideouts of the terror group were also destroyed in…

GABORONE (Botswana), Nov 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has agreed to respond to the insurgency ravaging areas in northern Mozambique. Five presidents who attended an extraordinary summit in the Botswana capital Gaborone, have “finalized a comprehensive regional response” to the unrest in Mozambique, according to a…