Update: Peter Magombeyi, Zimbabwe union leader found after ‘abduction’
HARARE, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Zimbabwean union leader who was thought to have been abducted is alive and well,…
ECOWAS parliament calls for reversal of Nigeria’s borders closure
ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — The recent closure of the Nigerian borders with West African neighbours might hamper the implementation…
Congo president’s $19m seized in San Marino after ‘spending more than $2m on watches and crocodile shoes’
President of the Republic of Congo- Brazzaville, Denis Sassous Nguesso SAN MARINO, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of Africa’s longest-serving…
Update: Day of mourning declared after Liberia fire
MONROVIA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Liberia’s President George Weah has declared Thursday a national day of mourning following a deadly…
Nigerian Army denies claims Maiduguri is under attack
ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES0 — The Nigerian Army has denied reports that Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, is under attack.…
Zimbabwe doctors say receiving death threats over strike
Health workers hold a candlelight vigil to protest the disappearance of Peter Magombeyi, the leader of their union, in Harare…
Tanzania tells WHO it has no Ebola cases – statement
GENEVA/DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tanzania has formally told the World Health Organization (WHO) that it has no…
Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s plan for operating giant dam on the Nile
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to be fully operational by 2022 ADDIS ABABA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia rejected…
Central African militia suspects, one a soccer boss, hear war crimes charges
Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona THE HAGUE, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one of them prominent…
Tunisia’s ousted president Ben Ali dies in Saudi exile-lawyer
ZINE El-Abidine Ben Ali TUNIS, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tunisia’s ousted Pres Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali died in exile in…