US places Al-Qaeda affiliate leader in Sahel on terrorism blacklist
WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration is trying to turn up pressure on three senior al-Qaeda leaders in…
UN warns of East Africa locust invasion
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The UN has said that if an Ethiopian locust infestation is not brought under control…
Zimbabwe sacks more than 200 doctors over strike action
Doctors sing and hold placards during a march through central Harare HARARE, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The body in charge…
UN urges ‘immediate progress’ in South Sudan
Rivals Riek Machar (L) and President Salva Kiir UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council has urged…
Ten Nigerian troops killed in jihadist ambush
ABUJA, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and nine severely injured in an ambush…
Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders
File photo: Trucks left stranded at the border ABUJA, Nov 8 (NNN-GNA) — The Federal Government’s decision to shut the…
Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius
PORT LOUIS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius on Thursday to elect 70 members of the…
ICC judges sentence Congolese warlord Ntaganda to 30 years in prison
Bosco Ntaganda enters the ICC courtroom to hear the sentence in his trial in The Hague, Netherlands THE HAGUE, Nov…
Libya migrant attack: UN investigators suspect foreign jet bombed centre
TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A deadly missile strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya was carried out by a fighter plane…
At least 10 dead in northeast Guinea gold mine collapse
CONAKRY, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed and others were missing after an illegal gold mine…