EU gives 250 camels as gift to Mauritania military to counter jihadists
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU has given Mauritania 250 camels as part of its efforts to combat the…
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to try to resolve dam dispute in Jan 13 Washington meeting -statement
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan plan to meet in Washington on Jan…
African governments struggle to turn around loss-making airlines
Kenya Airways planes NAIROBI, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governments from Kenya to South Africa are struggling to turn around loss-making…
African countries borrowing like it’s the 1990s – IMF
Kristalina Georgieva WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Record commodity prices and low global interest rates have encouraged African countries to…
Dec 12 elections: UK PM Johnson pockets reporter’s phone in hospital row
LONDON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused of grabbing a journalist’s phone and putting it…
Pres Putin says Russia has every reason to appeal against sports ban
PARIS, Dec 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin saidthe ruling by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to ban Russiafrom…
Libya’s UN-backed gov’t to investigate into “mistreatment” of captured east-based army pilot
TRIPOLI, Dec 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Interior Minister of the UN-backed government of Libya, Fathi Bashagha, issued Sunday an order…
Rockets hit Iraq military complex housing US forces: army
BAGHDAD, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several rockets slammed into an Iraqimilitary complex that hosts US forces next to Baghdad International…
Malaysia reports first case of polio since 1992
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A three-month-old Malaysian infant has been diagnosed with polio, the first case reported in…
Thailand delays deporting family of Rakhine insurgent leader
Tun Myat Naing is the commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, which has been fighting the Myanmar army in Rakhine state…