Ethiopia tests six travellers for coronavirus
Health officials screening travellers at an airport in Addis Ababa ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people have been…
Two Rwandan ministers resign from cabinet
Evode Uwizeyimana (left) and Dr Isaac Munyakazi KIGALI, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Rwandan Ministers of State affiliated to the…
Economic growth rising but poverty plagues Africa, says African Development Bank
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia), Feb 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that many African countries are still far…
Equatorial Guinea donates $2m to China to help combat coronavirus
President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea and Xi Jinping of China MALABO, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The government of Equatorial…
Coronavirus: Charities donate $113m to help Africa battle disease
LONDON, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK based The Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation are committing millions of dollars to…
Kenya warns against US, China rivalry in Africa
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that African nations should be free…
Zimbabwe: 2 illegal gold miners killed, 20 trapped after shaft collapses
HARARE, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two gold miners died and 20 others trapped underground in Zimbabwe after a shaft collapsed…
Celebrating economic recovery: South Sudan to launch first oil, gas bidding round in March
A worker walks by an oil well at the Toma South oil field, South Sudan JUBA, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Russia blocks UN draft resolution on Libya over ‘mercenary’
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia blocked a UN draft resolution on Libya due to inclusion of the word…
7 dead in Congo fever outbreak in Mali
BAMAKO, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven people have died in an outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, also known as Congo…