Africa

South Africa, Japan collaborate to address plastic pollution

PRETORIA, July 29 (NNN-SANEWS) — Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina has welcomed the R25 million Japan-South Africa collaboration…

DR Congo: Gunmen kidnap 2 workers at Banro gold mine – Army

GOMA (DR Congo), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen kidnapped a South African and one Zimbabwean worker at Banro’s gold mine…

Libya buries bodies of 46 migrants after deadly shipwreck

TAJURA (Libya), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan authorities buried the bodies of 46 migrants Sunday after they were plucked from the sea following one of…

Morocco: King Mohammed VI marks two stable decades despite economic woes

King Mohammed VI RABAT, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — King Mohammed VI is preparing to mark 20 years on the throne…

Libya: Air strike on hospital kills five doctors, says UN-backed govt

TRIPOLI, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An air strike has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of…

Sudan protesters reject prosecutor’s report into June sit-in raid

KHARTOUM, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people have rallied in parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to demand an independent…

Togolese protest in Nigeria’s Lagos against Faure Gnassingbe’s 4th term bid

LAGOS (Nigeria), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos to protest against Faure…

Nigeria: Dozens of mourners ‘killed by Boko Haram’ at a funeral in Borno state

Men pray during a burial ceremony MAIDUGURI (Nigeria), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 65 people have lost their lives…

South Africa presidential panel backs limited land seizures

PRETORIA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A presidential panel in South Africa has proposed expropriation of land without compensation, but in…

WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola

ABUJA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) –The World Health Organization (WHO) said a shortage in funding to halt the spread of the…