Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with ‘hostile’ Morocco

 ALGIERS, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said that his country has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco due to “hostile actions”, following months of resurgent tensions between the North African rivals. The countries have long accused one another of backing opposition movements as proxies, with Algeria’s support…

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine following 4-year drought: UN

Crops have failed and now people are relying on insects and cactus leaves for food ANTANANARIVO, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first “climate change famine”, according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering “catastrophic” levels of…

Covid-19: Slow vaccination to cost global economy $2.3 tn – EIU study

  PARIS, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion in lost output, a report released Wednesday found.   The Economist Intelligence Unit’s study found that emerging and developing economies, whose vaccine rollouts are far behind those of wealthier countries, will…

‘Catastrophic’ pollution plagues Libya beaches

 TRIPOLI, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — With untreated sewage in the water and rubbish piled on the sand, pollution on Tripoli’s Mediterranean coast is denying residents of the war-torn Libyan capital a much-needed escape. The environment ministry last month ordered the closure of a number of beaches along the 30-kilometre Greater…

Ivory Coast says first Ebola patient since 1994 has recovered

   ABIDJAN, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Ivory Coast after arriving there two weeks ago has recovered from the disease, the Ivorian health ministry said.    “We performed on the patient two biological tests which were negative in an…

Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

Abubakar Adam and wife, parents of seven children kidnapped at Salihu Tanko Islamic school by bandits TEGINA (Nigeria), Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings to…

Somalia’s army repels attack by al-Shabaab militants on military base

Al Shabaab fighters usually attack bases run by government forces, but the army repel and pushed them back MOGADISHU, Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Somali National Army (SNA) said on Tuesday that its forces foiled an attack and inflicted heavy casualties on the militant group al-Shabaab. The suicide bombing attack…

Mozambique ‘tuna bond’ scandal: Ex-President Guebuza’s son on trial

One of the loans was for Mozambique’s tuna industry  MAPUTO, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The son of Mozambique’s ex-president and 18 others have gone on trial over the $2bn “tuna bonds” affair. Ndambi Guebuza, son of former President Armando Guebuza, and the others face charges of blackmail, embezzlement and money…

Zimbabwe to compensate victims of Mugabe-era massacre

Zimbabwe’s late president Robert Gabriel Mugabe HARARE, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Zimbabwe is to open talks about compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when former president Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said.Some victims will also be exhumed and reburied according to local customs, the…

Tunisian president extends suspension of parliament

TUNIS, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended the suspension of parliament until further notice, the presidency said in a statement, a month after freezing it in a move that opponents decried as a coup. He also extended an order lifting immunity for the country’s lawmakers. Saied…
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