Togo votes as president Gnassingbé expected to win fourth term

 Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé shakes hands with voters at the polls LOME, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Togo voted Saturday in an election widely expected to see president Faure Gnassingbé claim a fourth term in power and extend his family’s half-century domination of the west African nation. The incumbent, 53, was running…

Lesotho: PM Thabane, on medical checkup in South Africa, denies fleeing as murder charges loom

Thomas Thabane has announced that he will step down in July MASERU, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has denied reports that he has fled to South Africa after he failed to appear in court to face charges of murdering his estranged wife in 2017. He has gone there for a…

Niger military operation kills 120 terrorists: official

NIAMEY, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A joint operation by Nigerien and French troops in southwest Niger killed 120 terrorists and seized bomb-making equipment and vehicles, the country’s defence ministry said. As of Feb 20 120 terrorists have been neutralised in the operationin the vast Tillaberi region near the border with…

People Rally To Support Palestinians Against U.S. Peace Plan In Rabat, Morocco

RABAT, Feb 22 (NNN-MAP) – Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Morocco and Tunisia, to protest against a new US Middle East peace plan which the Palestinians say favours Israel. Carrying Palestinian flags, demonstrators, including local politicians and trade unionists, marched in Rabat chanting, “Long live Palestine.” They called…

Erdogan, Macron, Merkel Hold Phone Conversation On Syria, Libya

ISTANBUL, Feb 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday, discussed the Syrian issue and the crisis in Libya with French President, Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in a joint phone call, local media reported. Erdogan said, the “aggression” of the Syrian government and its supporters…

South Africa: 20 pupils injured after ceiling collapse; 17 schoolgirls hospitalised after eating marijuana-laced cakes

PRETORIA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A ceiling has collapsed on pupils at Kgomba Primary School in Hammanskraal, the Gauteng Department of Basic Education said.According to spokesperson Steve Mabona, the ceiling collapsed on Thursday while the pupils were in class, adding paramedics had rushed to the school shortly after the incident.Education…

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, awildlife watchdog said, highlighting the challenge in tackling theillicit trade. As the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal, the creatures are targetedfor their body parts which are highly valued in traditional…

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 sides resumed talks in Geneva aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country.“The talks are under way again,” said Jean El Alam, spokesman for the United Nations Support…

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 as “Hirak” — one that quickly forced an ailing president from power and is now looking to maintain momentum. Anti-government protesters and groups have designated Friday and Saturday a landmark…

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 in Addis Ababa. ADDIS ABABA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday assumed custody of a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in…
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