UN Agencies Return Home 5,087 Somali Refugees From Yemen In Two Years
MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two UN agencies said, some 5,087 Somali refugees have so far returned home from Yemen,…
Gang violence flares up again in Cape Town despite army deployment
Cape Town is surrounded by many sprawling townships where gang violence, poverty and unemployment are rife CAPE TOWN, Dec 14…
Update: Newly elected Algerian president calls protesters for dialogue
Newly elected President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-Xinhua) — The newly elected President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune…
Update: Fresh protests as Tebboune replaces Bouteflika
Protesters in Algiers on Friday said none of the election candidates represented them ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of…
ECOWAS court revokes Sierra Leone’s ban on pregnant schoolgirls
LAGOS, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A regional West Africa court ordered the Sierra Leone government to lift a policy barring…
Ebola spreads in DR Congo after militants attack treatment camp -WHO
A NURSE DISINFECTS AN AMBULANCE. GENEVA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cases of the deadly Ebola virus have risen in the…
Zimbabwe: Pres Mnangagwa says no going back to dollarisation
HARARE, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed not to revert to using the U.S. dollar after a…
Ethiopia to get $3 bln funding from World Bank – prime minister
NAIROBI, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia will receive $3 billion from the World Bank to…
Ex-Algerian PM elected president in first post-Bouteflika polls
ALGIERS, Dec 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Algeria has a new president in the person of Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The 74-year-old won controversial…
President pays tribute to soldiers after ‘dark day’ in Niger’s history
Niger’s army is struggling to contain the spread of armed groups NIAMEY, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of Niger…