Namibia declares national state of emergency over drought
WINDHOEK, May 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Namibian government has declared a national state of emergency with respect to a drought…
Meet the Ugandan mother who has given birth to 42 children
She has given birth 15 times to 42 children, 38 of whom have survived KAMPALA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Abused,…
Ghana, Burkina open bids for railway project
ACCRA, May 7 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana and Burkina Faso have officially opened bidding for the Accra-Ouagadougou Railway Inter-connectivity Project.Burkina Faso’s…
Ghana foiled attempt to establish breakaway Western Togoland
ACCRA, May 7 (NNN-GNA) — The Ghana Police Service arrested the Chairman of the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Papavi…
US hands Chicago bomb plotter 16-year prison sentence
CHICAGO, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US judge sentenced a 25-year-old who was arrested as a teenager for an attempted…
Spain: Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont allowed to run for EU polls
MADRID, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Catalonia’s former president CarlesPuigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 after a secession attempt, can contest…
Russia: Pilot says lightning caused deadly airplane crash landing
MOSCOW, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on…
Tanker truck fuel blast kills 58 in Niger
NIAMEY, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty-eight people died in Niger’s capitalNiamey after an overturned tanker truck exploded as crowds collected…
US visitors to Cuba almost double despite Trump sanctions
HAVANA, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s relationship with Donald Trump’s administration may be worsening, but that didn’t stop the island…
US Pres Trump plays hardball after officials accuse China of backtracking in trade talks
WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has effectively ended a six-month trade truce with China, with top…