South African police clash with protesting asylum-seekers
CAPE TOWN, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South African police arrested around 100 foreign nationals occupying an office building in Cape…
Aid workers killed in South Sudan: UN
JUBA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s migration agency says three of its aid workers have been killed in fighting…
Guinea-Bissau president names new PM but old one refuses to go
BISSAU, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister but his sacked predecessor refused…
Mozambique’s main opposition party appeals election result
President Filipe Nyusi MAPUTO, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo appealed the result of the Oct 15…
South Sudan’s Machar urges delay to unity government as peace efforts stall
JUBA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s main opposition accused the government of failing to push through a peace deal…
Climate-fuelled flooding to imperil 300 million by 2050: Scientists
PARIS, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coastal areas currently home to 300million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made…
Deadly floods across Africa: Somalia to Cameroon, C.A.R. to Nigeria
BAMAKO, Oct 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Floods in parts of Africa are wreaking havoc with rising death tolls and damage to…
Migrants released amid fighting in Libyan capital seek refuge with U.N.
Migrants at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of migrants…
Guinea Bissau leader sacks gov’t prior to presidential elections
BISSAU, Oct 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government led by Prime Minister Aristides Gomes in…
Zimbabwe to roll out new bank notes
HARARE, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe will roll out new bank notes and coins four months after it reintroduced its…