Africa

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…

Cameroonians come close to fighting at peace conference

Some 500 delegates are attending the conference YAOUNDE, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There have been sharp divisions at a national…

Five Eritrean under 20s footballers disappear in Uganda

Eritrea’s Under-20 team KAMPALA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five Eritrean national footballers have disappeared in Uganda in the middle of…

Ethiopian 18th Century crown to return home from Netherlands

Sirak Asfaw (L) and Arthur Brand say they are waiting for the Ethiopian government to get in touch ROTTERDAM (Netherlands),…

Zimbabwe’s private sector actors eye opportunities under AfCFTA

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s private sector actors on Wednesday reiterated readiness to fully seize various opportunities presented…

UN urges Somalia to set timelines to deliver set priorities by 2020

Special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan  MOGADISHU, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN senior envoy in…

Namibia experiencing worst drought in 90 years, says official

WINDHOEK, Oct 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Namibia is currently experiencing the worst drought in 90 years and is finding ways to…