Equatorial Guinean foreign minister denies media reports on border wall with Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — Equatorial Guinea’s foreign minister, Simeon Oyono Esono Angue, denied reports that his country is planning…
Situation calm in S. African townships after foreign shops looting
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — The situation is calm in South Africa’s Soweto townships following the looting of shops belonging…
South Africa: Marikana mining clashes must never repeat itself
Marikana Massacre Aug 16, 2012 PRETORIA, Aug 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Marikana tragedy in which 44 people lost their lives…
South Africa,Tanzania strengthen ties through economic cooperation
President Ramaphosa and his Tanzanian counterpart President Magufuli DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 17 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for…
Nigeria: Shiite leader returns after ‘rejecting’ India medicals
ABUJA, Aug 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Shiite sect in Nigeria has flown back into the country…
Sudan opposition picks economist as first post-Bashir Prime Minister
KHARTOUM, Aug 17 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan’s main opposition alliance will nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok to serve as prime minister in…
Displaced by DR Congo violence, survivors’ testimonies highlight brutality of armed militia: UN
GENEVA, Aug 17 (NNN-UNNS) — Two months since hundreds of thousands of people fled violence in north-eastern Democratic Republic of…
Children’s lives in Mediterranean Sea must take priority over politics, says UNICEF
Two teenage brothers from Gambia who travelled across the Mediterranean Sea without their parents walk along a beach in Italy…
Seamen kidnapped off Cameroon’s coast – IMB
YAOUNDE, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted Thursday when two merchant vessels came under…
Nigerian government ordered by British court to pay $9bn to private gas firm
LONDON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a small private…