Sudan fires scores of diplomats allegedly linked to ousted Bashir

KHARTOUM, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan has fired scores of diplomats for alleged links to the administration of toppled President Omar al-Bashir, a legal committee said. The Empowerment Removal Committee was formed under a law introduced in November to dismantle the system built by Bashir, who was ousted in April…

Covid-10: Kenya president forms task force after court orders China flight ban

A Kenya Airways staffer suspended for recording the arrival of a China Southern Airline plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday night. NAIROBI, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Kenyan court on Friday issued an order banning flights to and from China over the Covid-19 virus. The court also…

Libya loses $2bn over oil production shutdown, export blockade

TRIPOLI, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s revenues are bleeding from a protracted blockade on oil exports. The National Oil Corporation said losses from the shutdown of major oil fields and terminals had surpassed $2bn on Tuesday. Oil production became the latest victim of a bitter conflict between two rival governments,…

President orders evacuation of South Africans from China

President Cyril Ramaphosa says they are sending a plane to fly home over 130 citizens from Wuhan PRETORIA, March 1 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed the repatriation of South African citizens from Wuhan city in Hubei province, China. Cabinet decided on this course of action after due consideration…

Guinea-Bissau crisis deepens with two rival presidents and prime ministers

BISSAU, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau had two presidents and two prime ministers as of Saturday (Feb 29), after Umaro Cissoko Embalo, the inaugurated winner of December’s election, swore in a new premier, but parliament appointed a rival interim president. The flurry of clashing appointments adds to the confusion that…

Lebanese Minister Fahmi Arrives In Tunisia To Take Part In The Arab Interior Ministers Conference

TUNISIA, Mar 1 (NNN-TAP) – Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Mohammad Fahmi, arrived in Tunisia this afternoon, on an official visit, during which he will participate in the 37th Arab Interior Ministers Conference, which will be held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab…

AU hands over cache of captured weapons to Somalia government

MOGADISHU, March 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said it has handed over a large cache of captured weapons of war from al-Shabaab terrorists to the Somali government. Francisco Madeira, head of AMISOM, said the weapons, which included rocket-propelled grenade launchers, general-purpose machine guns and assault…

Gunmen kill 10 officers in northern Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen killed 10 police officers in northeastern Burkina Faso on Saturday, the latest attack in a country battling jihadist attacks. Another three officers were wounded in the attack at Sebba, the main townin Yagha province, a police statement said. An earlier statement had put the…

German President Steinmeier’s visit boosts Sudan bid against isolation

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok KHARTOUM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Khartoum this week has become the latest marketing tool for the transitional government to help Sudan out of international isolation.Steinmeier became the first German President to visit Khartoum since…

UN: DR Congo signs ‘peace’ deal with armed group in east

Endless armed conflicts in DR Congo have displaced thousands of people KINSHASA, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Congolese government has signed a deal with an armed group to restore peace and security in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after decades of violence, UN officials said. The agreement was signed…
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