Dozens trapped as building collapses in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, SEPT 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An official in Sierra Leone says a three-story building under construction has collapsed and trapped…
Kenya, Somalia agree to normalise relations
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Somalia and Kenya have agreed to normalise ties, following months of tension over a…
Sudan arrest 138 Africans trying to enter Libya ‘illegally’
KHARTOUM, Sept 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan’s paramilitary force announced the arrest of 138 Africans trying to enter Libya ‘illegally’. These…
Tanzania summons World Health Organization rep over Ebola complaint
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania summoned the World Health Organization’s local representative over its assertion that the…
Zimbabwe’s capital resumes pumping water temporarily
HARARE, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s capital Harare will temporarily resume pumping water at its main water works, an official…
Ghana arrests three people for plot against president
The suspected coup plotters ACCRA, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ghana said police foiled a suspected coup when they arrested three…
Liberian hospital patients turned away as medical strike bites
MONROVIA, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A medical workers’ strike in Liberia has paralysed the country’s health care system, leaving its…
Said Bouteflika: Brother Of deposed Algerian leader sentenced to 15 years
Said Bouteflika was a key figure among Algeria’s leadership ALGIERS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The brother of Algeria’s deposed former president…
Algeria: 8 babies killed in hospital fire, 11 infants rescued
ALGIERS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight infants have died after a fire swept through the maternity unit of a hospital…
Cameroon: Anglophone region on tenterhooks ahead of peace talks
BUEA (Cameroon), Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mood in English-speaking Cameroon is a mix of anxiety, resignation and fatigue as…