Africa

Kenya: 3 teachers feared dead, 1 abducted as al-Shabaab raid police camp

GARISSA (Kenya), Jan 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three teachers are feared dead after Somali extremist group al-Shabab attacked a police camp…

Ethiopian PM Abiy expects parliamentary election in May or June

 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election…

Update: Libyan rivals to sign ceasefire deal in Moscow

MOSCOW, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Both sides in Libya’s conflict areexpected Monday in Moscow to sign an agreement on the…

Ethiopia’s ethnic clashes: 21 abducted students released leaving six others still in captivity

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — At least 21 students have been released from captivity after being abducted in early…

72 more migrants, including pregnant women, rescued off Libyan coast

TRIPOLI, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Another 72 African migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya by the Spanish Rescue…

Gambia warns exiled ex-pres Yahya Jammeh not to seek return

Yahya Jammeh ruled The Gambia for 22 years BANJUL, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Gambia has warned its ousted leader…

Five killed by militants in northeast Nigeria

KANO (Nigeria), Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militants linked with the Daesh group killed five members of a militia in an…

Both sides in Libya conflict accept ceasefire

TRIPOLI, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Both sides in Libya’s conflict agreed to a ceasefire that started early Sunday following weeks…

Rwanda To Distribute Locally-Produced Mosquito Nets In Fight Against Malaria

KIGALI, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Rwandan Health Ministry will distribute mosquito nets produced in the country, for the first…

Ivory Coast child found in plane undercarriage was 14-year-old schoolboy

ABIDJAN, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A child stowaway found dead in the undercarriage of a plane that landed in Paris has been identified…