Burkina Faso: Thousands flee as extremists go on rampage in Northeast Burkina Faso – UN
OUGOUDOUGOU, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.N. refugee agency is calling for greater protection for thousands of people fleeing escalating…
Kenya: 16 people feared dead in West Pokot landslides
NAIROBI, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 16 people are feared dead after their houses were swept away Saturday Nov…
Zimbabwe: Number of fired doctors surges to 435
HARARE, Nov 23 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The number of fired Zimbabwean doctors has surged to 435 doctors in an unprecedented government…
Protests erupt in DR Congo; police fire live rounds
BENI (DR Congo), Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — DR Congo police and soldiers fired live ammunition on Friday to disperse demonstrators…
Tunisian security dismantles counterfeit currency network
TUNIS, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian security units dismantled a counterfeit currency network in an operation in which two sub-Saharans…
UN Security Council urges immediate progress in South Sudan’s pre-transitional period
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on the parties to the revitalized…
13 sailors missing as boat sinks off Moroccan coast
RABAT, Nov 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 13 sailors are missing after a fishing boat sank on Friday off…
WHO sounds alarm on Ebola due to Congo insecurity
DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak – its tenth to date GENEVA, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 360 people are at…
African Union orders Britain to end ‘colonial administration’ of Chagos Islands
The Chagos Islands belong to the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius ADDIS ABABA, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Following a…
Drone firm in talks in Uganda on medical supply delivery deal
KAMPALA, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A drone service firm is in talks with the Ugandan government on a deal to…