Africa

South Sudan government announces return to pre-war oil production levels

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan will return to producing more than 350,000 barrels of crude per day…

Ivorian parliament speaker resigns ahead of possible 2020 presidential run

ABIDJAN, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro has resigned as parliament speaker in a split…

Nigeria Election: Election Office Burnt Down Six Days Before Polls

 ABUJA, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) —An office for Nigeria’s election commission has been burned down just six days before the country is…

Rwanda’s Kagame Steps Down, Egypt’s Sisi Takes Head of African Union

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially took over the rotating post of ceremonial head of…

SADC Condemns Intervention, Interference in Venezuela

GABORONE (Botswana), Feb 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — The South African Development Community (SADC), a group consisting of 15 African nations, issued…

Sierra Leone declares rape ‘national emergency,’ life sentence for culprits

FREETOWN, Feb 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the…

Tanzania to collect over US$26 million from tourist hunting

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania is hoping to collect more than 26 million U.S. dollars from tourist…

Nigeria begins deployment of electoral materials ahead of polls

ABUJA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s election commission confirmed the deployment of both sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials to states,…

Somalia: US airstrikes kill 15 suspected Al Shabaab militants

MOGADISHU, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States military says targeted air strikes against suspected terrorists in Somalia have killed…

Chadian army captures 250 rebels from Libya

N’DJAMENA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Chadian military on Saturday said it had captured more than 250 rebels, including some…