US Navy sailor kills two in shooting at Pearl Harbor base, takes own life
While gun violence is common in the US, shootings at military facilities in the country are relatively rare HONOLULU, Dec…
US and Sudan to exchange ambassadors
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Sudan will send ambassadors to each other’s countries for the first…
‘At least 18 dead’ in clashes in northern Mozambique
MAPUTO, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 18 people have died in clashes between militants and the country’s defence and…
UN: Half of Zimbabwe’s population now starving
HARARE, Dec 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Drought, flooding and economic problems in Zimbabwe have plunged 7.7 million people into severe hunger.…
Experts discuss control of illicit arms trade in West Africa
ACCRA, Dec 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — More than 30 arms control officials from five West African countries and international experts gathered…
Egypt continues biggest wave of arrests of journalists since 2014
CAIRO, Dec 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The list of journalists arrested in Egypt since the start of a wave of anti-government…
Uganda among six African states with half of world’s malaria cases
GENEVA, Dec 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Uganda has again been named one of six African countries that account for more than…
Top Nigerian senator guilty of stealing $19.6m
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu ABUJA, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prominent Nigerian senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been sentenced to 12…
At least 265 dead in floods, landslides as rains batter East Africa
File photo NAIROBI, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two months of relentless rains have submergedvillages and farms and sent rivers of…
Floods: 6 people killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Dec 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Over 15,000 people have been affected by heavy rains in Sri Lanka while six deaths…