Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group marks thanksgiving festival
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Members of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group chanted and waved flags as they gathered for…
Morocco coalition party quits ahead of reshuffle
RABAT, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A member of Morocco’s governing coalition said it would join the opposition ahead of a…
Congo distributes three million mosquito nets in anti-malaria campaign
BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Republic of Congo launched a campaign to distribute anti-malaria bed nets to more than…
UN warns against division of Libya’s national oil company
TRIPOLI, Oct 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday warned against the east-based rebel…
165 illegal migrants voluntarily deported from Libya to Nigeria
TRIPOLI, Oct 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 165 illegal migrants have been voluntarily deported…
Thirteen killed in Kenya bus crash
The mangled wreckage of the bus. NAIROBI, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 13 people have been killed and others…
Uganda police hunts for missing Eritrean football players
Eritrea’s Under-20 team KAMPALA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Uganda are searching for five Eritreans who disappeared from a…
Update: Kidnappers of Nigerian schoolgirls ‘demand ransom’
KADUNA (Nigeria), Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The people behind the kidnapping of six female secondary school students and two members…
DR Congo to become third most populous country in Africa by 2050, report says
ACCRA, Oct 5 (NNN-GNA) — Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will rocket up from the world’s 16th most populous…
Uganda detains supporters of presidential hopeful over banned red berets
KAMPALA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan security personnel detained six supporters of pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine for…