More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail: official
Police have accused the banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, of carrying out the attack ABUJA, April 6…
Mozambique reclaims town of Palma from militants, army says
Families wait outside the port of Pemba for the boat of evacuees from the coasts MAPUTO, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Covid-19: Clinical trials begin for 2 vaccines developed locally in Nigeria
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari Receives his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca ABUJA, April 6 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Nigeria has begun clinical…
Covid-19: Global deaths toll reach 2,853,908
PARIS, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,853,908 people since the outbreak emerged in China…
40 dead in fighting in Sudan’s Darfur: UN
KHARTOUM, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 people have been killed and 58 injured in three days of clashes…
DR Congo hosts ‘last chance’ talks over contested Nile dam
KINSHASA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan held talks in Kinshasa on Sunday over Addis…
UN calls for joint efforts to eliminate threat of explosive hazards in Somalia
MOGADISHU, April 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN called for joint efforts to eradicate threats posed by the increasing use of…
EU’s Michel vows support to Libya’s interim government
Libya’s interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (right) meets with European Council President Charles Michel TRIPOLI, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European…
Covid-19: 1st shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Libya’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, April 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Libyan Minister of Health Ali Zanati announced that a shipment of 101,250 dozes of…
Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines lifts one million plus vaccine doses from Beijing to Harare
The airline is determined to enhance its commitment to curb the spread of the pandemic ADDIS ABABA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES)…