PRETORIA, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three pupils have died of suspected food poisoning at a school in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga, officials say.According to South Africa’s Soweten newspaper, after students at Nelson Ngobeni Primary School complained about stomach pains on Monday afternoon and started to vomit, they were…

RABAT, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted royal pardons to thousands of prisoners across the country, including to some involved in protests that rocked the North African country in 2016 and 2017.The demonstrations – sparked by a fishmonger who was crushed to death by a rubbish…

KHARTOUM, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of Sudan’s ruling military council said on Tuesday there must be immediate accountability over an incident in which at least four school children were shot dead on Monday, according to state news agency SUNA. “What happened in El-Obeid is a regrettable and upsetting…

DAKAR, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tired of seeing Senegal’s seascapes spoiled by ever-growing mounds of cheap plastic bags, authorities plan to crack down on polluters by imposing fines and further restricting plastic use. The West African country, whose beaches on the Atlantic attract tourists from all over the world, is…

MUHAMMADU BUHARI,NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ABUJA, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s government has banned a Shiite group whose followers have been holding protests to demand the release of their detained leader, accusing the group of inciting violence. At least 20 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria have been killed over the…

ADDIS ABABA, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s roughly 91 million inhabitants planted 353.6 million trees in the space of 12 hours on Monday, setting a new world record as part of a campaign to revert deforestation caused by climate change. The initiative is supported by UN agencies and other international…