Canadian, Italian kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 released in Mali: UN
Edith Blais and Luca Tacchetto went missing while travelling through Burkina Faso BAMAKO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Canadian woman…
Cameroon: Five hostages killed in restive Anglophone region while 5 abducted girls rescued in West region
YAOUNDE, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five civilians held hostage by armed separatists in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region of…
Covid-19: Libya closes schools over coronavirus fears
TRIPOLI, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s rival governments both announced a two-week closure of schools and universities over fears of…
Attacks, ethnic massacres leave ghost villages in central Mali
Central Mali is now prey to tit-for-tat killings and routine jihadist attacks BAMAKO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After years of…
Africa is one-step away from wild polio eradication verdict
ABUJA, March 15 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The African region completes a critical step towards wild polio eradication. No wild poliovirus has…
Covid-19: Sub-Saharan Africa braces for full-fledged outbreak
The number of coronavirus cases in Africa is creeping up FREETOWN (Sierra Leone), March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After escaping mostly…
Covid-19: Number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 150,000
PARIS, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of coronavirus cases worldwide passed 150,000 on Saturday driven by a spike in…
Update: Covid-19 spreads to 18 African nations, including Kenya and Ethiopia
Local residents wear protective face masks on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria NAIROBI, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan…
Guinea sets March 22 for controversial constitutional referendum
CONAKRY, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has set March 22 for the constitutional referendum on his proposed…
Covid-19: Mauritania confirms first case
NOUAKCHOTT, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said,adding to…