Africa

Togo votes as president Gnassingbé expected to win fourth term

 Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé shakes hands with voters at the polls LOME, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo voted Saturday in an…

Lesotho: PM Thabane, on medical checkup in South Africa, denies fleeing as murder charges loom

Thomas Thabane has announced that he will step down in July MASERU, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has denied reports…

Niger military operation kills 120 terrorists: official

NIAMEY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A joint operation by Nigerien and French troops in southwest Niger killed 120 terrorists and…

People Rally To Support Palestinians Against U.S. Peace Plan In Rabat, Morocco

RABAT, Feb 22 (NNN-MAP) – Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Morocco and Tunisia, to protest against a new…

Erdogan, Macron, Merkel Hold Phone Conversation On Syria, Libya

ISTANBUL, Feb 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday, discussed the Syrian issue and the crisis in…

South Africa: 20 pupils injured after ceiling collapse; 17 schoolgirls hospitalised after eating marijuana-laced cakes

PRETORIA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A ceiling has collapsed on pupils at Kgomba Primary School in Hammanskraal, the Gauteng Department…

900,000 pangolins trafficked worldwide: watchdog

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 900,000 pangolins arebelieved to have been trafficked worldwide in the past two decades,…

Libya’s warring rivals resume talks in Geneva – UN

The UN-recognised government pulled out of peace talks after a barrage of rockets GENEVA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s warring…

Algerians to mobilise to mark protest movement’s first birthday

ALGIERS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement known…

Rare Ethiopian crown, hidden for 21 years in the Netherlands, returns home

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right) receives the crown from the man who found it, Sirak Asfaw, during a ceremony…