MAPUTO, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s army said it has killed 50 suspected militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy group has terrorised remote communities in the Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1,100…

The new notes have various security features HARARE, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s central bank is to introduce higher bank note denominations next week as the country battles high inflation and cash shortages which have fuelled a currency black market. In a circular, the bank says the Z$10 note (worth…

Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties COTONOU, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote despite the coronavirus threat and calls for a delay. The West African nation of…

Vivine Uwizeye KIGALI, May 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Vivine Uwizeye, also known as “Miss Vivy”, is the only coronavirus patient to have been publicly identified in Rwanda. It happened when a photo of the beauty queen on a hospital bed in critical condition went viral on social media last month. The…

PARIS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected. Authors of the research, published Friday in the journal BMJ…

Gendarmes on patrol in northern Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU,  May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Burkina Faso prosecutor has launched an investigation after 12 people died during the same night in detention cells, hours after they were arrested for suspected terrorism-related offences in a town in the east of the country.The case…