Africa

Sudan has received half of $3bln aid promised by Saudi and UAE

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok ABU DHABI, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan has received half of $3 billion in aid promised…

Exxon to make $500 million initial investment in Mozambique LNG project

MAPUTO, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Exxon Mobil plans to invest more than $500 million in the initial construction phase of…

Egypt, Greece, Cyprus Condemn Turkish Military Operation In Syria

CAIRO, Oct 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, Greece and Cyprus slammed the military operation announced by Turkey, to be launched soon…

Airstrike by east-based army targets field hospital in southern Tripoli, a doctor killed

TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — An airstrike killed a doctor and injured two paramedics working in a field hospital in…

Namibia, Guinea to cooperate on energy

WINDHOEK, Oct 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — Namibia and Guinea signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the energy sector.…

Tunisian election gives few clues to shape of next government

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Tunis, on Oct 6 TUNIS, Oct 8…

Zimbabwe doctors defy government ultimatum to end strike

HARARE, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Striking Zimbabwean doctors defied a government ultimatum to return to work, after rejecting a 60%…

Ethiopia to give telecoms licences to two firms

President Sahle-Work Zewde ADDIS ABABA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia’s President Sahle-work Zewde has given much-awaited details of moves to…

Italy: 13 women drown as migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa

Survivors were taken ashore at Lampedusa after their ordeal ROME, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least 13 women, some of them pregnant, drowned…

DR Congo: Two nuns from Burundi killed by fallen antenna in Uvira

The collapsed antenna is owned by Orange UVIRA (DR Congo), Oct 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Two nuns from Burundi were killed…