Nigeria’s death toll from lassa fever hits 118 – Report

ABUJA, Feb 28 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The deaths recorded from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has reached 118, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed.From Jan 1 to Feb 23, 2,633 suspected cases, with 689 confirmed cases and 118 deaths have been recorded in the country.The number of…

South African unions threaten protests over public sector wages

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African trade unions threatened protests, after they said the government wanted to renege on the terms of a public sector wage deal struck in 2018. Unions said government officials informed them that they could not afford to pay public servants wage increases that were…

Egypt Committed To Nile Dam Talks In Washington Despite Ethiopia’s Retreat: Ministry

CAIRO, Feb 27 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt is committed to the course of negotiations, sponsored by the United States and the World Bank, regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite Ethiopia’s announced non-participation, the Egyptian foreign ministry said. “Egypt’s two ministers of foreign affairs and water resources and irrigation, will…

Tunisia’s parliament approves a coalition government

There were 129 votes in favor, 77 against. TUNIS, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s parliament approved a new coalition government in a confidence vote, after months of political wrangling that has slowed the north African country’s efforts to tackle looming economic problems.There were 129 votes in favor, 77 against.Elyes Fakhfakh,…

African experts discuss combating yellow fever epidemic in Uganda

KAMPALA, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Health experts from 17 African countries met here to discuss strategies to eliminate yellow fever epidemic on the continent. Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s minister of health, told reporters that most African countries are grappling with yellow fever outbreaks. Among the strategies is to have epidemiological data…

Egypt committed to Nile dam talks in Washington despite Ethiopia’s retreat: ministry

The Irrigation Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan take part in a meeting to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam CAIRO, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Egypt is committed to the course of negotiations sponsored by the United States and the World Bank regarding on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…

UN warns of ‘major hunger threat’ as locusts reach DR Congo

KINSHASA, Feb 27 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Agency warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa, as a small group of desert locusts entered the Democratic Republic of Congo.This is the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since…

Covid-19: Algeria becomes second African country to confirm coronavirus case

ALGIERS, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Algerian health minister confirmed the country’s first case of the coronavirus Covid-19. Algeria becomes the second country in Africa to make such an announcement after Egypt confirmed a case this month. Algeria’s health minister, Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid, said on state-owned ENTV that the…

US Supreme Court open to more damages against Sudan over 1998 embassy bombings

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared open to reinstating $4.3 billion in punitive damages against Sudan in lawsuits accusing it of complicity in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. Eight justices heard about an hour…

Cameroon: Results of elections in restive Anglophone regions partially annulled

YAOUNDE, Feb 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cameroon’s Constitutional Council said that the results of the Feb 9 legislative elections in 11 constituencies of the troubled Anglophone region have been nullified, citing irregularities during polling. According to the ruling, voting in the constituencies was not free and fair because of clashes between…
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