Somali governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide blast
A destroyed car at the site where a car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, March 31…
Covid-19: African governments increase help to poor as more cases reported in East Africa
Kenya is to distribute cereals to the poor NAIROBI, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As the number of coronavirus cases continues…
Sierra Leone scraps ban on pregnant girls from going to school
FREETOWN, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Sierra Leone has overturned a ban on pregnant girls from attending school.…
Botswana executes duo convicted of murder in 2014
GABORONE, March 31 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Botswana, one of the few democracies to still enforce the death penalty, executed two men…
Hundreds flee militants in northern Mozambique
MAPUTO, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people are arriving in the Mozamican city of Pemba, mostly by boat, from…
Covid-19: Ugandan authorities charged pastor for denying coronavirus exists in Africa
Fruit vendors are chased off the streets of Kampala KAMPALA, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan authorities have charged a controversial…
Covid-19: Facebook offers $100 mn to help virus-hit news media
WASHINGTON, March 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Facebook said it was donating $100 million to support news organizations globally hurting from the…
Covid-19: Europe’s death toll tops 25,000
Paramedic carries out a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance at the Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, near Paris…
Covid-19: Tunisia gets 250 mln euros from EU to tackle coronavirus impact
Tunisian riot police officers carry out disinfection works at streets within precautions against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Tunis TUNIS, March 30…
Zimbabwe orders total lockdown from Monday to combat coronavirus
HARARE, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the…