Somalia: Scores of Somali Refugees Return Home From Yemen
MOGADISHU, Oct 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The International Organization for Migration has helped 143 Somali refugees, stranded in war-torn Yemen, return…
Libya’s east-based army launches airstrikes on UN-backed gov’t in Sirte
TRIPOLI, Oct 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s east-based army announced early Sunday that it has launched airstrikes on the forces of…
Ethiopia rejects presence of more party in Ethiopian dam talks
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. KHARTOUM, Oct 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ethiopia rejected presence of another party in the negotiations between Sudan,…
Update: Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto walks free from jail
Maurice Kamto YOUNDE, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A military court in Cameroon has freed opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who had…
South African public broadcaster to get $211 mln government bailout
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s cash-strapped public broadcaster will get a 3.2 billion rand government bailout, but will…
Cameroon releases 333 prisoners amid peace talks; separatists say not enough
YAOUNDE, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya said he will drop charges against 333 prisoners arrested for their…
Tanzania denies hiding information on suspected Ebola cases
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania denied it was withholding information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on…
Nigerian police to get stun guns, new rules of engagement in push to reduce deaths
Front line police officers now to carry stun guns ABUJA, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian police plan to acquire stun…
Mali government says death toll from double attack rises to 38
BAMAKO, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from attacks on two army bases in central Mali has risen to…
Eight killed, 18 wounded in Rwanda attack
KIGALI, Oct 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen killed eight people and injured 18 during an overnight attack in northern Rwanda…