Covid-19: East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides – UN
Workers attempt to fend-off a swarm of desert locusts at a ranch near the town of Nanyuki in Laikipia county,…
Covid-19: Rwandan soldiers arrested for rape, brutalities during lockdown
Victims have been talking to military prosecutors about the abuses KIGALI, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda’s government has ordered the…
Low voter turn out in Mali’s legislative polls
A campaign billboard on a busy street in Bamako, Mali BAMAKO, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials in Mali said that…
Covid-19: Tunisia deploys police robot on lockdown patrol
The robot questions people it sees out on the streets TUNIS, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A police robot has been…
Covid-19: Four African countries yet to record cases
ADDIS ABABA, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho, Comoros, South Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe are the remaining African countries…
Covid-19: Kenya’s cases rise to 122 as six-year-old dies
Pastors believe Kenya may be involved in a futile exercise as long as churches remain closed NAIROBI, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Covid-19: World Bank approves initial US$1.9b in emergency funds, half for India
A poor Indian places his fingerprint on a biometric machine after purchasing food rations in Prayagraj, India WASHINGTON, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…
Libya: UN-backed GNA forces kill 20 Haftar militia members
TRIPOLI, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Friday that its forces killed 20 militia…
20 killed in Congo-Brazzaville as lightning triggers electrocution on first day of lockdown
BRAZZAVILLE, April 3 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Twenty people were killed when a lightning strike damaged a high-voltage power line in a…
At least 20 killed in Somali clan violence: official
MOGADISHU, April 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 20 people have been killed in southern Somalia in clashes between militia from…