Burkina Faso ruling party backs President Kabore for re-election
OUAGADOUGOU, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore won his party’s backing to run for a…
US shooting: Two officers investigating domestic disturbance killed, suspect commit suicide
Police officers console one another as they gather outside the McAllen Medical Center HOUSTON, July 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Two police…
Power blackouts continue in South Africa amid escalating COVID-19 pandemic
CAPE TOWN, July 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — Massive rolling power blackouts continued in South Africa on Sunday for three days running,…
Mali president dissolves constitutional court after unrest
BAMAKO, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an…
Sudan ratifies law banning female genital mutilation
Anyone found guilty of performing the procedure will be sentenced to up to three years in prison KHARTOUM, July 13…
Power struggle: Five killed in attack on South African church, hostages freed
Photos tweeted by the police showed more than a dozen men lying on the ground, subdued JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Covid-19: Rwanda arrests four escapees from coronavirus centre
KIGALI, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwandan police have arrested four people who escaped from a Covid-19 treatment centre at a…
Covid-19: Africa begins collaboration for vaccine trial
ADDIS ABABA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Union Commission has launched a consortium for Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials aimed…
Venice completes first test of all flood barriers
VENICE, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venice’s long awaited flood defence system designed to protect the lagoon city from damaging waters…
Covid-19: Panama hospitals on verge of collapse as cases surge
PANAMA CITY, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hospitals in Panama are on the brink of collapse as coronavirus cases spike in…