Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda rank top for rapid digital growth, demand: report
Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded high mobile payment adoption in the past decade NAIROBI, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya ranked top…
Ethiopia unrest: More than 63,000 people internally displaced in Tigray – UN spokesman
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN spokesman said that more than 63,000 people have…
Lockdown fuels child labour in Zimbabwe
A child works in a mine HARARE, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Reduced economic activity brought about by the prolonged lockdown…
Nigerian president orders immediate reopening of land borders
ABUJA, Dec 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of the nation’s four land borders…
Covid-19: Tunisia says vaccines to be free for citizens
TUNIS, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all Tunisian citizens, Hechmi Louzir, Director General of the Pasteur…
Nigeria: 10 schools closed over student abduction; teachers’ union threatens nationwide strike
ABUJA, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 10 schools were closed in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara, which shares…
African Court: DR Congo ratifies the Protocol
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 17 (NNN-GNA) — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has deposited its instrument of ratification of the…
EU halts aid to Ethiopia over Tigray conflict
The five-week war has killed thousands, and displaced 950,000 people ADDIS ABABA, Dec 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The European Union has…
Boko Haram Claims School Kidnapping In Northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Dec 16 (NNN-IRIN) – Terror group, Boko Haram, yesterday claimed responsibility for abducting over 300 students, in Nigeria’s north-western…
Senegal To Get First Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine Doses In Mar, 2021
DAKAR, Dec 16 (NNN-IRIN) – Dr. Mamadou Ndiaye, the director of Prevention, Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action, said,…