Africa

Oil crisis in Libya takes center stage at latest UN talks

The oil terminal of Marsa al-Hariga, Libya CAIRO, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s battered economy took center stage at United…

South Sudan talks hit deadlock over number of states

Rivals Machar (L) and Pres Kiir (R) are supposed to form a unity government by Feb 22 ADDIS ABABA, Feb…

Equatorial Guinea president’s son fined 30m euros by French court for embezzlement

Teodorin Obiang PARIS, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The son of Equatorial Guinea’s president was handed a 30-million-euro fine by a…

Deadly attack on Benin police post along border with Burkina Faso

PORTO-NOVO, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Men armed with rifles and machetes attacked a police station in Benin near the border…

Mozambique drops court appeals to extradite ex-minister from South Africa

Manuel Chang appears in court in Kempton Park, South Africa, on Jan 8 2019.   MAPUTO, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique…

Uganda: Four rare mountain gorillas ‘die in lightning strike’

Members of the Hirwa group were photographed in 2012.  KAMPALA, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Four rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have…

Nigeria: Militants burn to death motorists as they sleep in their cars

Borno State Governor’s Facebook  AUNO (Borno, Nigeria), Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Suspected militants have killed at least 30 people and abducted women…

Pro-government Arab militant leader killed in Mali

BAMAKO, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A senior officer in a pro-government Arab armed group was gunned down in northern Mali,…

Seven Attempting Arson Attack On Polling Stations In Southwest Cameroon Killed

YAOUNDE, Feb. 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seven armed separatists were killed on Sunday, during their attempted arson attack on polling stations,…

African Union, Arab League Reject Trump’s Controversial Mideast Peace Plan

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 10 (NNN-ENA) – The African Union (AU) and the Arab League (AL), voiced their rejection of the…