Haitians march against rape after students sexually assaulted
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday to…
Sudan: Islamists back army in push to preserve sharia
KHARTOUM, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With talks suspended between protest leaders and Sudan’s military over a transfer of power to civilian…
Madagascar goes to polls in latest battle of bitter political feud
ANTANARIVO, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Madagascar holds parliamentary elections Monday (May 27) in what is being seen as the latest…
Militants kill at least 25 Nigerian soldiers, some civilians in ambush
ABUJA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in…
Divorce referendum: Ireland votes to liberalise laws
DUBLIN, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — People in the Republic of Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of liberalising divorce laws,…
Malta rescues 216 migrants
VALLETTA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up more than 200 migrants from two dinghies…
Update: European elections 2019: Power blocs lose grip on Parliament
BRUSSELS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament have lost their combined majority…
Uganda protests Rwanda military incursion on its territory
KAMPALA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda protested an incursion by Rwandan soldiers on its territory that it said resulted in…
Kenya: High court unanimously upholds ban on gay sex
NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s high court upheld a law banning gay sex, keeping same sex relations punishable by…
Ethiopia: Former head of notorious jail Ogaden arrested
Satellite image of Jail Ogaden. Photo courtesy of Google Earth ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The former head of a…