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 in the country’s north.The incidents between people belonging to the Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz regions is said to have claimed the lives of over 200 according to local media and…

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 of Zamfara late Wednesday, local police said.The police said two kitchen staff of the Government Girls Secondary School in Zurmi area of the state and their three children were taken…

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 be dead but his life continues to be celebrated across the world.From exhibitions on his life (in London), the unveiling of statues in his honour (at the United Nations Headquarters),…

World Bank scales up support for Cyclone Idai hit nations to $700 million

BEIRA (Mozambique), May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES — The World Bank has increased emergency support for the three southern African countries affected by a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds in March to $700 million.More than 1,000 people were killed across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi after Cyclone Idai, the worst cyclone in decades,…

Zambia’s finance minister says tax reforms needed to cut debt

LUSAKA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia will pay off all outstanding legitimate VAT refunds, but plans to press ahead with a new non-refundable sales tax despite criticism from some businesses as it strives to cut debt, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said.The proposed tax change in Africa’s second biggest copper producing…

Mali village assault carries features of hunter groups attacks – UN

BAMAKO, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — A preliminary report following a UN investigation in Mali said that the recent organized attacks on a village where at least 157 people were killed was similar to attacks by hunter groups against other Fulani communities.The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on Thursday released the…

Protesters in Benin clash with police in post-election violence

Hundreds of people have been protesting since Wednesday COTONOU (Benin), May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security forces in Benin’s commercial capital, Cotonou, fired weapons to disperse crowds protesting against the exclusion of opposition parties from last Sunday’s parliamentary election. Hundreds of people have been protesting since Wednesday, burning tyres and calling…

EU leaders set to meet just after EU election – officials

BRUSSELS, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — National leaders of the European Union are likely to meet for a summit in Brussels on May 28, two days after a European Parliament election, to discuss who should run the EU executive for the next five years, officials said. The meeting, similar to one…

Morocco Arrests Daesh Suspect

RABAT, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Moroccan security services arrested a man with suspected links to a terror cell of the Daesh group in the northern city of Tangier, the Moroccan Interior Ministry announced. The ministry announced earlier on Friday the dismantling of a terror cell and the arrest of eight people, including the brother…

More than 1,000 dead in D.R. Congo Ebola epidemic

KINSHASA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the highly contagious virus combined with insecurity in the restive region was creating a “deeply worrying situation”. The current outbreak is the second…