Gunmen kidnap six schoolgirls in Nigeria
KADUNA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen kidnapped six schoolgirls and two staff members from a boarding school in northern Nigeria…
Nigeria releases 25 children cleared of suspected ties with Boko Haram -UNICEF
A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri MAIDUGURI…
Cameroon president says dropping prosecution against ‘some’ political rivals
YAOUNDE, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced he had ordered prosecutions to be dropped against “some” opposition…
South Africa, Nigeria mend relations and agree trade deals
PRETORIA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa and Nigeria signed 30 trade and cooperation agreements, weeks after a wave of…
Tanzanian Health Authorities Insist No Ebola Outbreak
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanian health authorities, reiterated that there was no Ebola outbreak in the…
More than a dozen killed as unlicensed mine collapses in DR Congo
Search ongoing after accident at Kampene gives provisional toll of 16 dead and three injured. KINSHASA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
10-fold surge in South Africa teens treated for HIV: Study
PARIS, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of young people in South Africa receiving treatment for HIV has increased 10-fold…
Cameroonians come close to fighting at peace conference
Some 500 delegates are attending the conference YAOUNDE, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There have been sharp divisions at a national…
Five Eritrean under 20s footballers disappear in Uganda
Eritrea’s Under-20 team KAMPALA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five Eritrean national footballers have disappeared in Uganda in the middle of…
Ethiopian 18th Century crown to return home from Netherlands
Sirak Asfaw (L) and Arthur Brand say they are waiting for the Ethiopian government to get in touch ROTTERDAM (Netherlands),…