Update: Kidnappers of Nigerian schoolgirls ‘demand ransom’
KADUNA (Nigeria), Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The people behind the kidnapping of six female secondary school students and two members…
DR Congo to become third most populous country in Africa by 2050, report says
ACCRA, Oct 5 (NNN-GNA) — Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will rocket up from the world’s 16th most populous…
Uganda detains supporters of presidential hopeful over banned red berets
KAMPALA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan security personnel detained six supporters of pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine for…
Gunmen kidnap six schoolgirls in Nigeria
KADUNA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen kidnapped six schoolgirls and two staff members from a boarding school in northern Nigeria…
Nigeria releases 25 children cleared of suspected ties with Boko Haram -UNICEF
A boy walks past the remains of a village burnt down by Boko Haram on the outskirts of Maiduguri MAIDUGURI…
Cameroon president says dropping prosecution against ‘some’ political rivals
YAOUNDE, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced he had ordered prosecutions to be dropped against “some” opposition…
South Africa, Nigeria mend relations and agree trade deals
PRETORIA, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa and Nigeria signed 30 trade and cooperation agreements, weeks after a wave of…
Tanzanian Health Authorities Insist No Ebola Outbreak
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanian health authorities, reiterated that there was no Ebola outbreak in the…
More than a dozen killed as unlicensed mine collapses in DR Congo
Search ongoing after accident at Kampene gives provisional toll of 16 dead and three injured. KINSHASA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
10-fold surge in South Africa teens treated for HIV: Study
PARIS, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of young people in South Africa receiving treatment for HIV has increased 10-fold…