Guinea-Bissau: Former PM Embalo wins presidential election
BISSAU, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has been elected president after winning a run-off…
US warns Turkey against ‘interference’ after Libya vote
ANKARA, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey’s parliament has approved thedeployment of troops to Libya aimed at shoring up the UN-backed…
UN agency pinpoints African nations as world’s worst 2020 hunger spots
GENEVA, Jan 3 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region dominate the…
Nigerian troops kill several Boko Haram fighters, rescue 165 hostages in Borno
File photo ABUJA, Jan 3 (NNN-NAN) — The Nigerian Army said that its troops have killed several Boko Haram/Islamic State…
Nigeria: Pres Buhari pledges to leave office in 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Jan 3 (NNN-NAN) — President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his intention not to contest the 2023…
Climate change has brought parts of Zambia to the brink of famine
LUSAKA, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zambia is wrestling with a devastating drought caused, according to experts, by a dramatic shift…
Malawi: Albinos get personal security alarms
LILONGWE, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malawi is distributing personal security alarms to people with albinism, a condition that causes whitening…
Somalia: Mogadishu residents hold protest against Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of Mogadishu have organised a protest march against the terror group Al-shabaab.The move follows…
Algeria frees prominent war veteran, government critics
Before his arrest, Bouregaa took part in the demonstrations that have rocked Algeria since last Feb. ALGIERS, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES)…
Algeria appoints new government amid political crisis
ALGIERS, Jan 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria appointed a new government on Thursday, as the country faces its biggest political crisis…