Africa

Somalia faces new desert locust invasion

East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts MOGADISHU, Nov 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Somalia is facing a…

UN-led Libyan rival faction peace talks kicked off in Tunisia

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams TUNIS, Nov 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Tunisian town of Gammarth saw Libya’s…

Ethiopia: Amhara backs army campaign in rebel state Tigray

Ethiopian army has used bases in the Amhara region to attack sites in Tigray. ADDIS ABABA, Nov 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Ivory Coast: Constitutional Council ratify Ouattara’s re-election

President Alassane Ouattara ABIDJAN, Nov 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ivory Coast’s constitutional council on Monday formally validated President Alassane Ouattara’s reelection…

More than a dozen killed in DR Congo attacks

BENI (DR Congo), Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– More than a dozen people have been killed in two attacks near Beni…

119 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast: IOM

TRIPOLI, Nov 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 119 illegal immigrants, among them women and…

Iran Sees Highest Daily Death Toll From COVID-19 As Iraq’s Tally Of Infections Nears 500,000

The latest figure took the overall death toll in Iran to 38,291, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian…

Covid-19: Health of covid-positive Algeria president ‘improving’

ALGIERS, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The health of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who contracted the Covid-19 disease, is “constantly improving”,…

Nigeria unrest: Police Force will not tolerate repeat of attacks, looting – IGP

IGP of Nigerian Police Force, Mohammed Adamu ABUJA, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has warned…

Seventeen bodies found in new Libya mass graves

The graves are located in Tarhuna, Lybia TRIPOLI, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seventeen bodies have been unearthed in newly found…