Algeria win Africa Cup of Nations

CAIRO, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo. Baghdad Bounedjah’s shot took a huge deflection off Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomes. Senegal, who…

Tanker seizure: Britain warns Iran against choosing ‘dangerous path’ – Foreign Secretary

LONDON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Iran may be choosing a “dangerous path” of “illegal and destabilising” behaviour after its authorities seized a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said.The Stena Impero’s owners have been unable to contact the ship, which was surrounded in the Strait of Hormuz.The…

Tanzania to buy new Airbus, De Havilland planes for national carrier: Pres Magufuli

Tanzania President, John Magufuli DAR ES SALAAM, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania’s government will buy two new Airbus jets and one plane from De Havilland Canada as part of a fleet expansion plan for the national flag carrier, the president said. President John Magufuli has personally taken charge of the…

Burkina Faso: People alarmed by deaths of 11 in police custody

The deceased bodies have been deposited at the morgue OUAGADOUGOU, July 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The deaths of 11 people in a Burkina Faso police custody on the night of Sunday to Monday this week have raised tensions in the capital, Ouagadougou.The West African Nation is one of the main transit…

Ethiopia army vows to combat extremist, illegal forces: Gen Adem

New Army Chief, General Adem Mohammed ADDIS ABABA, July 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Ethiopian National Defense Force, ENDF, has commented on the country’s security situation vowing to do all it takes to keep out entities it described as “extremist and illegal forces.” The meeting of Friday was chaired by new…

Nigerian man attempts to travel on wings of local airline

The man on the plane’s wing LAGOS, July 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — There was fear and panic aboard a local flight in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos when a man attempted to make the flight but by being on the wings of the plane.Passengers aboard the Air Azman flight heading to the…

Manchester bomber’s brother appears in UK court charged with murder

LONDON, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The brother of the suicide bomber who blew himself up in a deadly 2017 attack in the northern city of Manchester appeared in a London court on Thursday after his extradition from Libya. Hashem Abedi, 22, who returned to the UK on Wednesday, appeared at…

Malnutrition, disease kill at least 139 displaced in Indonesia’s Papua: Aid group

File photo of a malnourished child receiving treatment. According to a global report, more than 11 million children now need humanitarian assistance and an estimated 1.8 million children are acutely malnourished. Photo courtesy of Hani Al-Ansi/dpa JAKARTA, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua…

Mexican president does not expect rise in violence after ‘El Chapo’ sentencing

MEXICO CITY, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he did not expect a rise in violence following the sentencing of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the United States a day earlier. Guzman will spend the rest of his days behind bars in…

Morocco: Three sentenced to death for Scandinavian backpacker murders

SALE (Morocco), July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three Moroccan men were sentenced to death on Thursday for murdering two Scandinavian women in the Atlas mountains. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were killed in their tent in December near the Moroccan village of Imlil, a…