Africa

At least 265 dead in floods, landslides as rains batter East Africa

File photo NAIROBI, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two months of relentless rains have submergedvillages and farms and sent rivers of…

Nigerian Minister Pushes For Tougher Penalties On Sexual Abusers

LAGOS, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigeria’s Women’s Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, called for stricter penalties for sexual offenders with an…

Update: Supertanker Attacked, 18 Indian Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigerian Coast

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-PTI) – Eighteen Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel have been kidnapped by pirates, near…

UN to deliver food aid to 4.1 million hungry in Zimbabwe

Villager Shupikai Makwavarara inspects her maize crop in rural Bindura near Harare GENEVA, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — THE United Nations said…

Namibia to redouble efforts to reduce inequalities and fight corruption: president

WINDHOEK, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Namibia’s newly re-elected President Hage Geingob has said his country is going to redouble efforts…

African economic conference calls on policymakers to curb red-tape

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt), Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The African Economic Conference (AEC-2019) called on African policymakers to take bold…

World Bank says Tanzania’s GDP to grow faster in 2020

World bank says Tanzania’s GDP forecast to grow 5.8% in 2020 from 5.6% in 2019 DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 4…

UN deploys troops to central South Sudan to quell violence

JUBA , Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said it has deployed peacekeepers…

South African court cuts jail term for farmers in coffin case

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A South African court has cut the sentences of two white farmers who forced a…

Update: Huge blaze at Sudan ceramics factory kills 23

KHARTOUM, Dec 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people killed in the fire which swept through a ceramics factory in…