South Africa’s Gupta brothers sanctioned by US over ‘corruption’
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the Gupta family and an associate over alleged corruption in…
Rwanda Receives More African Refugees From Libya
KIGALI, Rwanda, Oct 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rwanda received 123 African refugees and asylum-seekers, who have been living in Libya’s detention…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak slows but still entrenched in insecure areas: WHO
GENEVA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Ebola epidemic in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been confined to a rural…
South Africa president calls for tolerance towards migrants
CAPE TOWN, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans to be tolerant of migrants following recent xenophobic…
South Sudan sees oil production hitting 200,000 barrels per day by 2021
An oil refinery at Melut, Upper Nile State CAPE TOWN, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s oil production has reached…
Nigeria introduces anti-sexual harassment bill
ABUJA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bill has been introduced in the Nigerian senate that seeks to prevent sexual harassment…
Uganda wants death penalty for gay sex
KAMPALA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda plans to enact a law that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, saying…
Liberia shut anti-Pres Weah radio station
Pres George Weah MONROVIA, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Riot police have shut a popular radio station critical of Liberia’s president…
Sudan gets first female chief justice
Neemat Abdulllah, Chief Justice of Sudan KHARTOUM, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For the first time a woman has been chosen…
Mozambique election observer killed by ‘elite police’ in drive-by shooting
Anastacio Matavel MAPUTO, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of elite Mozambican policemen have been implicated in the shooting of…