Nigeria, Benin and Niger form patrol team to facilitate reopening of borders
Nigeria, Benin and Niger to form joint border patrol team ABUJA, Nov 20 (NNN-GNA) — Nigeria, Benin and Niger have…
Ghana signs deal to buy aeroplanes for relaunch of international airline
Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda (2nd left) with Boeing and De Havilland officials DUBAI, Nov 20 (NNN-GNA) — Ghana has…
Ghana: 10 members of separatist movement Western Togoland arrested
Members of Homeland Study Group Foundation arrested ACCRA, Nov 20 (NNN-GNA) — The Volta Regional Security Council has arrested 10…
Chinese peacekeepers leave for South Sudan on one-year mission
SHIJIAZHUANG, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — A contingent of 240 Chinese peacekeepers left Zhangjiakou, a city in northern China’s Hebei Province,…
South Africa: Parliament concerned over financial impact on SAA due to strike
Unions of South African Airways workers protesting planned job cuts JOHANNESBURG, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Chairperson of the Portfolio…
Nigerian troops overcome Boko Haram ambush in northern state
ABUJA, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — Nigerian troops in the northeast region of the country encountered an ambush by terror group…
Ethiopian police nab U.S. national over smuggling of cocaine
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Ethiopian government has arrested a U.S. national suspected of smuggling 5.2-kg of cocaine…
US slaps travel ban on Kenya’s ex-attorney general
Amos Wako WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US State Department has barred Kenya’s former attorney general Amos Wako from…
Germany hosts African leaders for business summit
President Paul Kagame, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Cyril Ramaphosa BERLIN, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leaders of 12…
Nigerian scammer ‘pulls off $1m heist’ from prison: Officials
Convicted internet fraudster Hope Olusegun Aroke LAGOS, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A convicted internet fraudster has been placed under investigation…