Benin set for controversial local poll despite virus
Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties COTONOU, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Benin gears up to…
Covid-19: Miss Rwanda Plus-Size on her coronavirus recovery
Vivine Uwizeye KIGALI, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Vivine Uwizeye, also known as “Miss Vivy”, is the only coronavirus patient to…
Covid-19: Virus could infect more than 200 mn in Africa – WHO modelling
PARIS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action…
Covid-19: World leaders demand free vaccine for all
GENEVA, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders past and present insisted that any eventual COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be…
Kenya troops ‘planning Somalia exit next year’
Kenya troops entered Somalia to fight al-Shabab in 2011 NAIROBI, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There is a plan for Kenyan…
Burkina Faso prosecutor launches probe after 12 ‘terrorism’ suspects die in detention
Gendarmes on patrol in northern Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Burkina Faso prosecutor has launched an investigation…
Eritrean activists ‘sue EU over forced labour project’
Eritrea requires its citizens to serve a mandatory “national service” AMSTERDAM, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eritrean human rights activists have…
Covid-19: Comoros thanks Madagascar for donation of COVID-Organics as more African countries get supply
Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina PORT LOUIS (Comoros), May 15 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Comorian president Azali Assoumani thanked the people of…
Taps run dry in Kenya’s capital after landslides damage water pipes as coronavirus spreads
NAIROBI, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rachel Wanjiru was already struggling to get enough water to wash her children’s hands during…
Burundi expels WHO team as it prepares for presidential election
President Pierre Nkurunziza BUJUMBURA, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi is expelling the national head of the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
