Africa

Sudan: Ousted Pres Bashir gets two years’ detention for corruption

KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir was sentenced to two years’ detention in a correctional centre…

62 Arrested For Illegal Mining In Ghana

ACCRA, Dec 15 (NNN-GNA) – Police said Saturday that, 62 people were arrested, on suspicion of illegal mining, at the…

Morocco Seizes 650 Kg Of Cannabis

RABAT, Dec 15 (NNN-MAP) – Moroccan security services, said that, it had seized 650 kg of cannabis, in the southern…

Ugandan President Reshuffles Cabinet

KAMPALA, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, reshuffled his cabinet, dropping some ministers and appointing new ones. Museveni…

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Urges Enhanced Productivity To Grow Economy

HARARE, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, urged Zimbabweans to work hard and increase land production to grow…

UN agencies return home 5,087 Somali refugees from Yemen in 2 years

IOM and UNHCR have helped over 5,000 Somali refugees return home from Yemen via Aden port since 2017 MOGADISHU, Dec…

Nigeria: 28 burned to death in bus-truck collision

The accident involved a bus taking a family to a ceremony and a truck transporting cows to market KANO (Nigeria),…

Daesh-linked group executes four hostages in Nigeria – NGO

Nigerian soldiers patrol the country’s northeastern region following an attack in October ABUJA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of a…

Five years of thirst: South Africa’s Eastern Cape battles brutal drought

Dessicated: An aerial view of Adelaide Dam in Eastern Cape Province, gripped by a brutal drought ADELAIDE (South Africa), Dec…

UN expert report unmasks Libya arms embargo violations

A picture taken in Tripoli shows fighters loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government displaying Chinese-made shells bearing the markings of the…