Dozens feared dead in flood at disused Zimbabwe gold mines: govt
HARARE, Feb 15, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 60 suspected illegal gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe on Friday…
Nigeria postpones presidential election for one week
Photo courtesy NAN ABUJA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigeria’s electoral watchdog on Saturdaypostponed presidential and parliamentary elections for one week,…
Bomb hidden in corpse kills Burkina Faso army doctor
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bomb hidden in a corpse dressed in military uniform killed an army doctor and…
Kenya: Police warn striking nurses
NAIROBI, Feb 15 (NNN-KBC) — The National Police Service has issued a warning to striking nurses following an executive order…
China-aided state house handed over to Burundi
BUJUMBURA, Feb 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chinese Ambassador to Burundi Li Changlin and Burundian Foreign Affairs Minister Ezechiel Nibigira on Thursday…
Nigerian gov’t orders border closure ahead of elections
ABUJA, Feb 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Nigerian government on Thursday ordered the closure of all land borders to ensure a…
Zimbabwe disused gold mine flooded, many feared dead
HARARE, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 23 gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe on Thursday after water flooded…
Nigeria: Atiku and Buhari pitch for votes on Twitter
ABUJA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election are making their final pitches before voting on Saturday.…
Nearly 1,000 Madagascar children dead of measles since October
GENEVA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October,…
Liberia Illicit Gold Mine Collapse: Five Bodies Found
MONROVIA, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The bodies of five people have been recovered from a collapsed pit in an illicit gold…
