Africa

Sudan adopts law to dissolve Bashir party, ‘dismantle’ regime

KHARTOUM, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan’s new authorities ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and…

Zimbabwe ‘slowly approaching man-made starvation’: UN expert

Drought conditions in Zimbabwe have meant that farmers have not been able to grow enough food HARARE, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

DR Congo: Armed men killed Ebola workers in restive region

Ebola health workers in Congo KINSHASA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three health workers fighting to curb the spread of the…

250,000 people affected by Djibouti flash floods – UN, govt

DJIBOUTI, Nov 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Flash flooding has hit the small but strategic East African nation of Djibouti, where the…

Ex-PMs of Guinea-Bissau in presidential runoff slated for Dec 29, Pres Vaz eliminated after coming in distant fourth

Domingos Simoes Pereira (Left) and Umaro Cissoko Embalo to contest presidential run-off BISSAU, Nov 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Two former Guinea-Bissau…

47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge

LAGOS, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent to a charge of public displays of affection with members…

US state department warns against travel to Burkina Faso

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US State Department has urged Americans not to travel to Burkina Faso, which has…

Uganda deports 32 Rwandans for illegal entry

KAMPALA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirty-two Rwandans who were arrested in west Uganda, in an operation against people accused of…

Zambia court sentences two men to 15 years for gay sex

LUSAKA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A high court in Zambia has sentenced two men to 15 years in jail after…

UN launches probe after peacekeepers suspected in DR Congo protest death

GOMA (DR Congo), Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN peacekeeping mission inDR Congo said it was launching a probe after…