Africa

Libya: Imported camels evacuated from capital after port comes under fire

TRIPOLI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three thousand camels imported from Australia have been walked out of Libya’s capital Tripoli in…

Missile attacks fuel UN’s fear for migrants fleeing Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called on the European Union to better…

Lesotho: PM Thomas Thabane to be charged with murdering his wife

Thomas Thabane (centre) at his inauguration in 2017 with Maesaiah Thabane MASERU, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas…

Over 3 million people in Niger need urgent aid, says UNICEF

NIAMEY, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Nearly three million people, more than half of them children, in Niger are in need of…

South Sudan president to reappoint rebel leader Machar in unity government

President Kiir (right) and Machar JUBA, Feb 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said he will reappoint opposition…

Rwanda revokes prosecution of 17 Ugandans

Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Joao Lourenco (Angola) Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Felix Tshisekedi (DRC) at the Quadripartite Summit at the…

Update: Libya’s east-based army says its attack on Turkish ship aims to “prevent terrorists”

TRIPOLI, Feb 20 (NNN-Xinhua) — A spokesman of the east-based army of Libya said that the army hit a Turkish…

South Africa: Measures being implemented to avail additional power supply – Energy Minister

Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe PRETORIA, Feb 20 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says interventions…

Togo election: Main observer group barred from monitoring

A motorbike taxi drive past campaign banners LOME, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo’s national election commission has revoked a main…

Mozambique: Fear spreads in gas-rich province as jihadist attacks rise

MAPUTO, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Villagers are fleeing a gas-rich region in northern Mozambique as energy giants are pleading for…