Africa

Nigeria: 4 family members perish in collapsed building in Kano

KANO (Nigeria), April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that four members of a family died…

Covid-19: Burundi suspends football league over coronavirus

GITEGA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Burundi Football Federation has suspended local matches, two weeks after the country confirmed its…

Ugandan gay refugee kills himself outside UNHCR’s office in Kenya

LGBTI refugees community leader, Pio Pat NAIROBI, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Ugandan LGBTI refugee took his life outside the…

Locusts, coronavirus combination pose dire threat to East Africa

NAIROBI, April 15 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Officials with the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) say a resurgence of locusts which…

DR Congo reports third case of Ebola

KINSHASA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Democratic Republic of Congo reported its third new case of Ebola, a seven-year-old girl…

Covid-19: Concerns raised after Saudi deports thousands of Ethiopians

Ethiopians deported from Saudi Arabia ADDIS ABABA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of undocumented Ethiopian migrants are being deported from Saudi…

COVID-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu: WHO

GENEVA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caused a global…

Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass Two Million — Johns Hopkins University

BEIJING, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The world is now in a battle against COVID-19, a disease caused by a previously…

UN-Backed Libyan Gov’t Takes Four More Cities From East-Based Army

TRIPOLI, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN-backed Libyan government, said that, its forces took four more cities from the rival…

S. African President Warns Against Crimes During Lock-down

CAPE TOWN, Apr 14 (NNN-BUANEWS) – President Cyril Ramaphosa, warned against those who seek to exploit the nationwide lock-down “for…