Update: Fresh protests as Tebboune replaces Bouteflika
Protesters in Algiers on Friday said none of the election candidates represented them ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of…
ECOWAS court revokes Sierra Leone’s ban on pregnant schoolgirls
LAGOS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A regional West Africa court ordered the Sierra Leone government to lift a policy barring…
Ebola spreads in DR Congo after militants attack treatment camp -WHO
A NURSE DISINFECTS AN AMBULANCE. GENEVA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cases of the deadly Ebola virus have risen in the…
Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa says no going back to dollarisation
HARARE, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed not to revert to using the U.S. dollar after a…
Ethiopia to get $3 bln funding from World Bank – prime minister
NAIROBI, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia will receive $3 billion from the World Bank to…
Ex-Algerian PM elected president in first post-Bouteflika polls
ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Algeria has a new president in the person of Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The 74-year-old won controversial…
President pays tribute to soldiers after ‘dark day’ in Niger’s history
Niger’s army is struggling to contain the spread of armed groups NIAMEY, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of Niger…
Famine stalks millions in South Sudan after droughts, floods – U.N
JUBA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Famine threatens the lives of up to 5.5 million people in South Sudan, where droughts…
Libyan east-based general orders forces to capture capital from UN-backed government
General Haftar’s forces have been restricted in Tripoli’s outskirts by UN-backed government troop TRIPOLI, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan east-based…
Daesh claims responsibility for Niger attack which killed 71
NIAMEY, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Daesh group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an army camp in Niger…