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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Burundi’s ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD)’s presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye and his wife Angeline Ndayubaha BUJUMBURA, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Burundi government said it had killed at least 22 “wrongdoers” in the hills overlooking the main city Bujumbura…

Pro-government fighters in Tripoli are supported by Turkey and Qatar TRIPOLI, Feb 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Two Turkish soldiers have been killed in Libya, the first casualties the nation has confirmed since it sent troops to the oil-rich state. “We have two martyrs in Libya,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, without giving further…