University of Havana honors Russian PM with doctorate
HAVANA, Oct 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was honored on Friday with Doctor Honoris Causa in Political…
165 illegal migrants voluntarily deported from Libya to Nigeria
TRIPOLI, Oct 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 165 illegal migrants have been voluntarily deported…
Italy presents plan to accelerate expulsion of migrants
ROME, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy presented a scheme on Friday to accelerate the expulsion of migrants who have no…
Thirteen killed in Kenya bus crash
The mangled wreckage of the bus. NAIROBI, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 13 people have been killed and others…
Uganda police hunts for missing Eritrean football players
Eritrea’s Under-20 team KAMPALA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Uganda are searching for five Eritreans who disappeared from a…
Update: Kidnappers of Nigerian schoolgirls ‘demand ransom’
KADUNA (Nigeria), Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The people behind the kidnapping of six female secondary school students and two members…
DR Congo to become third most populous country in Africa by 2050, report says
ACCRA, Oct 5 (NNN-GNA) — Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will rocket up from the world’s 16th most populous…
Uganda detains supporters of presidential hopeful over banned red berets
KAMPALA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan security personnel detained six supporters of pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine for…
Gunmen kidnap six schoolgirls in Nigeria
KADUNA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen kidnapped six schoolgirls and two staff members from a boarding school in northern Nigeria…
Nigeria releases 25 children cleared of suspected ties with Boko Haram -UNICEF
A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri MAIDUGURI…