DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Opposition lawmakers in Tanzania boycotted the swearing in of a ruling party lawmaker who replaced a fierce critic of the president following his expulsion from parliament. Tundu Lissu, who survived an assassination attempt in September 2017 when he was shot 16 times by…

Army chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah ALGIERS, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria‘s army chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah has said the date of the country’s long-delayed presidential election should be announced by mid-September – a move that would result in polls being held before the end of the year. Gaid Salah – a…

BAMAKO, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen people were confirmed dead after a day of rescue in the remains of a three-storey building which collapsed in Mali’s capital Bamako, an official said. The residential building, which was under construction but was inhabited, fell down in the early hours of Sunday, and…

ABUJA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s multiple security problems have created a crisis that requires urgent attention and could lead to instability in other African countries if it is not addressed, a United Nations rapporteur said. Security forces in Africa’s most populous country are trying to tackle a decade-long Islamist…

BENI (DR Congo), Sept 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the Ebola epidemic remains a serious public health crisis for people in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), but also for the country in general. The UN chief was speaking from the Mangina…