Trump, Putin discuss possible new nuclear accord: White House
WASHINGTON, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than an hour on…
Boeing 737 skids into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities
JACKSONVILLE (Florida, US), May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St…
Pres Buhari’s relative kidnapped in Nigeria
ABUJA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police say gunmen have kidnapped a traditional ruler in Daura who is distantly related to…
Gambia signs oil exploration deal with BP for A1 block
BANJUL, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gambia’s government said it had signed a contract with BP to explore oil and gas…
Venezuela crisis: Spain vows to protect opposition figure at embassy
Leopoldo López MADRID/CARACAS, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain has said it will not allow Venezuelan authorities to enter its embassy…
Six killed by rebels in eastern DR Congo, many feared abducted
KINSHASA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed rebels have attacked a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council
KHARTOUM, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top official in Sudan’s military council said it will not allow civilians a majority…
Ethiopia deploys army to curb new deadly ethnic clashes
ADDIS ABABA, May 4 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Ethiopian army has been deployed to quell new outbreak of deadly ethnic clashes…
Gunmen abduct 5 from all-girl school in Nigeria – Police
ABUJA, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people were abducted by gunmen who stormed an all-girl school in Nigeria’s northwestern state…
Mandela’s prison art fetches over $112,000 at New York auction
Nelson Mandela NEW YORK, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — African democracy icon and South Africa’s revered anti-apartheid campaigner, Nelson Mandela, may…