Pres Joao Lourenco (centre) visit TPA production centre LUANDA, Nov 11 (NNN-XINHUA) — Angolan President Joao Lourenco pledged to provide investments to modernize the country’s Public Television of Angola (TPA) after learning of the hardships faced by the media outlet. The president made the pledge following a visit to the TPA’s production center to assess…

LAGOS, Nov 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In a move Nigeria’s president hailed as a “landmark moment”, Africa’s largest oil producer approved legislation to bolster its share of revenues from international majors. The authorities say the amendment — heralded as the biggest change in decades to its production sharing deals — will…

PORT LOUIS, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritius’ ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) has won more than half of the seats in parliament, securing incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a five-year term, the final election results showed on Friday. MSM won 38 of the 62 seats up for grabs while…

BISSAU, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s newly appointed Prime Minister Faustino Fudut Imbali handed in his resignation on Friday after an ultimatum was given by West African regional bloc ECOWAS, the president said. President Jose Mario Vaz named Imbali prime minister last week but his sacked predecessor Aristides Gomes refused to…

BAMAKO, Nov 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday in support of the country’s armed forces after more than 50 soldiers died in an attack on an army post in the north. Fifty-three soldiers and one civilian were killed in Indelimane, Menaka region on…

ABUJA, Nov 9 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — About 1.2 million civilians are trapped and have been denied access to humanitarian aid and services in two local government areas now largely under the control of Boko Haram, Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, said. Kallon also revealed that humanitarian workers have, in…