Ethiopia unrest: Returning displaced persons find Tigray homes, infrastructure looted, damaged: UN
Ethiopian refugees await transfer at a border reception centre in Hamdayet, Sudan UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Displaced persons…
Opposition parties in Ivory Coast to take part in coming legislative polls after boycotting last presidential elections
President Alassane Ouattara ABIDJAN, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A coalition of opposition parties in Ivory Coast said they would participate…
African Union, UN hails Gulf diplomatic rapprochement
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Union hailed the diplomatic rapprochement to end a blockade against the Gulf…
Sudan signs deal on normalising ties with Israel, agrees aid deal
KHARTOUM, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan signed the “Abraham Accords” paving the way to normalising ties with Israel, alongside an…
Covid-19: Kenyan government sacks 86 doctors striking coronavirus conditions
NAIROBI, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Kenyan government dismissed 86 doctors who had refused to resume work amid an ongoing…
Over two million persons displaced in Nigeria – Minister
ABUJA, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, said the country…
Covid-19: Nigeria to get vaccine by ‘end of the month’
Nigeria has so far recorded nearly 100,000 cases of Covid-19 ABUJA, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria expects to get its first batch of Covid-19…
Covid-19: Asian nations toughen virus curbs as Europe fights new strain
TOKYO, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries in Asia were stepping up theirfight against the coronavirus to suppress a contagion they…
Bomb kills four soldiers, one civilian in Cameroon
YAOUNDÉ, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four soldiers and a civilian were killed Wednesday when an official convoy was hit by…
Update: World leaders condemn ‘assault on democracy’ at US Capitol
PARIS, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders and governments expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US Capitol…