World Bank deploys US$300m to DR Congo to contain Ebola outbreak
WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank announced it was deploying another US$300 million in crisis aid for DR…
Zimbabwe Central Bank eases forex rules for fuel, chrome miners
HARARE, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe’s Central Bank said oil firms, chrome miners, embassies and international organisations could conduct local…
Nigeria: 8 construction workers confirmed dead after being trapped underground
ABUJA, July 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — Eight workers at a local construction site in southern Nigeria died after they were trapped…
US restricts entry of ‘anti-democratic Nigerians’
WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has imposed visa restrictions on those Nigerians it says are “responsible for…
Nigeria: Pres Buhari submits list of cabinet nominees to Senate, five months after re-elected
ABUJA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has finally submitted his list of cabinet nominees to the upper…
DR Congo: ADF rebels kill 12 in Ebola area
GOMA (DR Congo), July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rebels killed 12 people in two attacks in an area of east Congo…
Kenyan president replaces finance minister after graft charges
NAIROBI, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s president has replaced the country’s finance minister who was charged with fraud over his handling of…
Uganda: Pop star Bobi Wine to run against Pres Yoweri Museveni in 2021 elections
Bobi Wine KAMPALA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ugandan pop star and opposition MP Bobi Wine has officially announced that he…
Somalia: Six dead and Mogadishu mayor wounded in blast at his office
MOGADISHU, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadishu was wounded in a bombing at…
Update: Kenya’s finance minister pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NAIROBI, July 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to corruption charges over the…