Africa

900,000 pangolins trafficked worldwide: watchdog

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 900,000 pangolins arebelieved to have been trafficked worldwide in the past two decades,…

Libya’s warring rivals resume talks in Geneva – UN

The UN-recognised government pulled out of peace talks after a barrage of rockets GENEVA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s warring…

Algerians to mobilise to mark protest movement’s first birthday

ALGIERS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an unprecedented protest movement known…

Rare Ethiopian crown, hidden for 21 years in the Netherlands, returns home

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (right) receives the crown from the man who found it, Sirak Asfaw, during a ceremony…

Libya: Imported camels evacuated from capital after port comes under fire

TRIPOLI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three thousand camels imported from Australia have been walked out of Libya’s capital Tripoli in…

Missile attacks fuel UN’s fear for migrants fleeing Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has called on the European Union to better…

Lesotho: PM Thomas Thabane to be charged with murdering his wife

Thomas Thabane (centre) at his inauguration in 2017 with Maesaiah Thabane MASERU, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas…

Over 3 million people in Niger need urgent aid, says UNICEF

NIAMEY, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) –Nearly three million people, more than half of them children, in Niger are in need of…

South Sudan president to reappoint rebel leader Machar in unity government

President Kiir (right) and Machar JUBA, Feb 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said he will reappoint opposition…

Rwanda revokes prosecution of 17 Ugandans

Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Joao Lourenco (Angola) Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Felix Tshisekedi (DRC) at the Quadripartite Summit at the…