Africa

South African police evict migrant squatters from Cape Town’s busy square

A woman wails as law enforcement officials move in to disperse a group of immigrants who had occupied a historic…

US to give Zambia $389 million grant for AIDS relief

An HIV adherence counsellor draws a woman’s blood for an HIV test LUSAKA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States…

Somali govt army clashes with regional force

MOGADISHU, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting has broken out between the Somali military and soldiers of the regional government of…

Nigeria: About 50 villagers killed by gunmen in northern attack

ABUJA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen on foot have killed dozens of people during simultaneous attacks on several villages in…

Five soldiers killed in checkpoint attack in central Mali

Troops of the Malian army patrol the ancient town of Djenne in central Mali MOPTI (Mali), March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Libya conflict: ‘Stressed’ Ghassan Salame resigns as UN envoy after efforts to seek peace failed

Salame says he had tried and failed to bring peace to Libya GENEVA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s special…

Covid-19: Africa’s low coronavirus outbreak rate baffles health experts

Nigeria was the first sub-Saharan country to report an official case of coronavirus GENEVA, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africa has…

Bus crash kills 25 in South Africa: minister

JOHANNESBURG, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-five people died Monday when a bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa’s coastal…

Uganda: Four foreigners isolated at Entebbe over COVID-19

All travellers using Entebbe International Airport are subject to screening KAMPALA, March 2 (NNN-NEW VISION) — Uganda’s Ministry of Health…

Syria, Libya Agree To Reactivate Diplomatic Missions

DAMASCUS, Mar 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Syrian government and a visiting Libyan diplomatic delegation, signed, on Sunday, a memorandum of…