WHO to tackle worldwide outbreak of dengue
A worker uses fogging machine during fumigation operation to eradicate the mosquito menace GENEVA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dengue is…
Calls emerge for privatizing South African national carrier amid intensified strike
CAPE TOWN, Nov 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Calls emerged for privatizing debt-ridden South African Airways (SAA), the national flag carrier being…
Botswana to start issuing trophy hunting licences in December
GABORONE, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Botswana’s president announced the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it…
Dec 12 elections: Protest city, Algiers shunned by most Algerian candidates
The five candidates for the Dec 12 elections ALGIERS, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Campaigning has officially started for the Dec 12 presidential election in…
‘32 militants killed’ in Burkina Faso sex slave raid
Security forces in Burkina Faso have been under pressure as militant attacks increase OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The army…
Nigeria bandits ‘slit throats and kill children’
Many villagers have been attacked in Nigeria’s Zamfara state over the years ABUJA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police say…
Volta secessionists declared wanted, police to place them on Interpol red alert
Charles Komi Kudzordzi [with walking stick] declared Western Togoland independent on Nov 16 ACCRA, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police are…
Floods affect over 547,000 people in Somalia: UN
MOGADISHU, Nov 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Flooding in parts of Somalia has impacted more than 547,000 people, of whom 370,000 have…
Mali army loses 24 soldiers in Niger border attack
BAMAKO, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in eastern Mali, the country’s army has…
Curfew imposed in Port Sudan after tribal clashes
KHARTOUM, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Port Sudan said it had imposed a night-time curfew in the Red Sea…