Nigerian diplomat set to be first woman to lead World Trade Organization
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses outside a Nigerian diplomatic residence in Chambesy, near Geneva GENEVA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…
Ebola: Sierra Leone activates emergency response following cases in Guinea
FREETOWN, Feb 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The government of Sierra Leone activated its Health Emergency Response System to level two following…
Ebola: Guinea health chief calls outbreak ‘epidemic’, 7 cases confirmed
CONAKRY, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of Guinea’s health agency said that the country was in the midst of…
Somalia: Gunmen kill three women on way to work in Somali capital
MOGADISHU, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least three women killed and two others wounded in Mogadishu’s Daynile district after they…
Sailors kidnapped off Nigeria return to Turkey, describe death threats and forest captivity
The MV Mozart container ship ISTANBUL, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the…
Covid-19: Nigeria sets up mobile courts, fines and jails rule breakers
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria is getting tough on coronavirus rule breakers by fining and…
Conflict-ridden Central African Republic to hold runoff parliamentary elections in March
President Touadera said that the second round was set for March 14 BANGUI, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Central African…
Ebola: Guinea sees first deaths since 2016
CONAKRY, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease…
Algerian president returns from Germany after post-Covid surgery
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned home Friday after a one-month stay in…
Mauritians call on the government to resign in mass protest
The protesters called for the government to resign PORT LOUIS, Feb 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Thousands of Mauritians protested in the…