Number of Africans in extreme poverty could rise to 514 million in 2021 – UN
COVID-19 will push an additional 5 to 29 million below the extreme poverty line ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (NNN-GNA) —…
Covid-19: Virus kills fewer African women than men – WHO study
ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more…
145 illegal migrants voluntarily deported from Libya: UN migration agency
A group of deportee illegal immigrants wait to board a plane during their deportation at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli,…
Curfew, market closure imposed in Nigerian town of abducted girls
Gunshots and chaos erupted during what should have been the joyous return of the 279 schoolgirls ABUJA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Ethiopia unrest: UN calls for investigation into possible war crimes in Tigray
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet GENEVA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations High Commissioner for…
Ghana: Supreme Court unanimously upholds 2020 election victory of Akufo-Addo
play videoFile photo of the Supreme Court sitting ACCRA, March 4 (NNN-GNA) — The Supreme Court of Ghana has upheld the re-election…
Nigeria: Shoot anyone with AK-47 in the bush – Pres Buhari orders soldiers
Nigeria is grappling with a chronic insecurity problem across the vast north ABUJA, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has…
Covid-19: South Africa, China seize fake vaccines – Interpol
LYON (France), March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Security officials in China and South Africa seized thousands of counterfeit doses of the…
Nigeria: Violence erupts during reception for kidnapped schoolgirls as they return to families
Broken car windows are seen as riot broke out after the arrival of the rescued JSS Jangebe schoolgirls in Jangebe,…
Italian magistrates set to level charges against sea rescuers, NGOs
ROME, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A German aid group that operated a migrant rescue boat in the Mediterranean said Italian…