Libya: East-based warlord Haftar seeks to rouse forces against Turkey as UN-recognised forces gain successes
BENGHAZI (Libya), May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar called on his forces to rally against Turkey, which has…
Joint military operation by Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso kills 8 suspected terrorists
ABIDJAN, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Soldiers from Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso conducted their first joint operation against militants active…
Covid-19: Kenya looks for 400 vaccine volunteers
NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Researchers in Kenya are calling for 400 volunteers to take part in a trial of a potential…
Five militants, two soldiers killed in Cameroon clash
YAOUNDE, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two soldiers were killed on Tuesday when militants attacked a military position in northern Cameroon…
US accuses Russia of sending jets to help its ‘mercenaries’ in Libya
National Accord troops in Tripoli paraded a captured Russian Pantsir air defence system WASHINGTON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US…
50 trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon
ABUJA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned to their home country.…
Rwanda’s govt unveils $11 billion climate action plan
KIGALI, May 27 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Rwanda has become the first African country to submit a new national climate plan, whose…
Kenya: Six killed in ethnic clashes over alleged cattle theft, politics
NAIROBI, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people have been killed and more than 20 houses burned in ethnic fighting in…
Covid-19: Zimbabwe arrests 40,000 people for ‘violating lockdown’
Zimbabwe has been on lockdown since March 30 HARARE, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two journalists who’d been interviewing alleged victims of…
Covid-19: Mozambique confirms first death
MAPUTO, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique has reported its first coronavirus death – a 13-year-old boy from the northern province…