French embassy employee arrested in Mali on ‘unfounded’ accusations, says French foreign office
PARIS, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French man arrested in Mali is a member of the French embassy in the…
Nearly 30 die in traffic accidents during annual Senegal pilgrimage
DAKAR, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 30 people died in road traffic accidents during Senegal’s yearly Grand Magal pilgrimage in…
Namibia pledges billions to expand water and sanitation access
CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Aug 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Republic of Namibia has pledged to scale up investment in water…
Leaders to attend SADC Summit in Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Aug 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 45th Ordinary…
Air Canada flights grounded as government intervenes in strike
TORONTO (Canada), Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All Air Canada planes remained grounded late Saturday despite the Canadian government intervening to…
Guinea-Bissau expels Portuguese media outlets; Pres Embalo boycott the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries meeting in Lisbon
BISSAU, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Guinea-Bissau said it was expelling two major Portuguese news agencies from the…
Denmark: One killed, several injured, in train crash with a farm vehicle at a rail crossing
COPENHAGEN, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and several others injured in Denmark on Friday in a collision…
Nigeria: Hundreds of houses damaged in northeast Potiskum city flood
MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Torrential rains sparked intense floods and damaged hundreds of homes in the northeast Nigerian…
Algeria: At least 18 dead, 9 injured after bus skids off bridge and plunges into river
Rescue workers tow a bus in Algiers, Algeria ALGIERS, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 18 people died and another…
Europe wildfires: Portugal claim first victim, as Spain on alert
LISBON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — PORTUGAL suffered its first death Friday from the fires raging there, as Spain’s weather agency…