Africa

Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders

File photo: Trucks left stranded at the border ABUJA, Nov 8 (NNN-GNA) — The Federal Government’s decision to shut the…

Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius

PORT LOUIS, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Parliamentary election kicks off in Mauritius on Thursday to elect 70 members of the…

ICC judges sentence Congolese warlord Ntaganda to 30 years in prison

Bosco Ntaganda enters the ICC courtroom to hear the sentence in his trial in The Hague, Netherlands THE HAGUE, Nov…

Libya migrant attack: UN investigators suspect foreign jet bombed centre

 TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A deadly missile strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya was carried out by a fighter plane…

At least 10 dead in northeast Guinea gold mine collapse

CONAKRY, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people were killed and others were missing after an illegal gold mine…

Somali woman ‘beats’ internet trolls to win in US municipal polls

MAINE (US), Nov 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The second-largest city in Maine, home to thousands of African newcomers, has elected a…

Kenya agrees to share disputed Migingo Island with Uganda

NAIROBI, Nov 7 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Kenya has agreed to share the disputed Migingo island with Uganda. This comes even as…

Rwanda rejects British demand to release imprisoned former military officers

KIGALI, Nov 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Rwandan government refused to intervene in a criminal case involving two detained former Rwandan…

Britain helps dispose of war remnants in Libya’s Sirte

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Britain helps dispose of explosive remnants of war in the city of Sirte, some 450…

Update: ‘Agreement reached’ on Ethiopia massive dam

President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan…