Africa

Ivorian Prime Minister in Paris for medical treatment – Office

Hamed Bakayoko is PM and also Defense Minister ABIDJAN, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko is currently…

Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally, 45% in G7 countries

PARIS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries…

Update: Students abducted in Nigeria’s Niger State released – Local media reported

ABUJA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The 27 Nigerian students of Government Science College, in Kagara, Niger State that were kidnapped…

Covid-19: eSwatini king says Taiwanese medication cured him

eSwatini is Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic ally on the continent MBABANE, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — eSwatini’s King Mswati III said…

Covid-19: Two killed as Gabon citizens protest coronavirus restrictions

Prime Minster Ossouka Raponda LIBREVILLE, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people have died after demonstrations in Gabon’s two major cities…

Sahara dust chokes Senegal’s capital, disrupts fishing

DAKAR, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A cloud of dust brought by dry winds from the Sahara has settled over much…

WHO has 20 experts working to stop Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

KINSHASA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization already has 20 experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Sudanese refugee kills French immigration official after asylum request rejected

Police officers stand at the entrance of the Isard COS Reception Center for Asylum Seekers (CADA) in Pau PARIS, Feb…

Ethiopia unrest: Regional Tigray forces name conditions for peace with government

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces fighting Ethiopia’s military in the Tigray region laid out…

Mali creates body to open talks with Islamist militants

The French first intervened in the Sahel region – a stretch of land just south of the Sahara Desert which…