Algeria Confirms First COVID-19 Case
ALGIERS, Feb 26 (NNN-APS) – Algerian Health Minister, Abderrahmane Benbouzid, on Tuesday, announced that the first COVID-19 case was detected…
Update: Libya’s warring sides pull out of Geneva peace talks
GENEVA, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Representatives from Libya’s warring sides have suspended their participation in United Nations-sponsored peace talks aimed…
Burkina Faso ambush kills four, including three officers: police
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An ambush on a police patrol in northern Burkina Faso on Monday left four people…
Mauritius holds Italian plane amid coronavirus fears
PORT LOUIS/ROME, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The authorities in Mauritius have held Italian passengers on board an Alitalia flight arriving…
Ethiopia: 29 injured in ‘bomb attack’ at pro-Abiy rally
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bomb attack on a rally in support of…
Togo’s president ‘tells rivals to accept defeat’
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé LOME, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has told his rivals to accept preliminary…
Libyan premier denounces Haftar as “war criminal” at UN
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj GENEVA/BENGHAZI, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj denounced the shelling of civilian…
Lesotho: PM Thomas Thabane seeks immunity over murder of ex-wife
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife Maesaiah appeared in court together on Monday MASERU, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Lawyers for Lesotho’s…
Eastern Libya forces say 16 Turkish soldiers killed in fighting
BENGHAZI (Libya), Feb 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forces loyal to Libyan eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers…
Update: Togo President Faure Gnassingbe wins fourth term, according to provisional results
LOME, Feb 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo President Faure Gnassingbe has won a fourth term in power, according to provisional results declared…