NGOs to resume migrant rescue operations in Mediterranean
PARIS, July 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Humanitarian organizations, SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières have decided to resume rescue operations for migrants off…
Zimbabwe: Government seeks to privatise parks
HARARE, July 22 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The Zimbabwe government is planning to privatise the commercial side of the national parks and…
Nigerian president condemns killing of 37 villagers by cattle thieves
ABUJA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari “strongly” condemned recent attacks by cattle raiders on three villages in…
UN confirms keenness to de-escalate military situation in Libya
TRIPOLI, July 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) confirmed its desire to de-escalate the military…
DR Congo authorities ban Kinshasa rallies over tensions
KINSHASA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — DR Congo authorities have bannedpolitical rallies this week in the capital Kinshasa because of tensionsbetween…
South Africa: Pres Ramaphosa to challenge ‘flawed’ graft report in court
PRETORIA: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will challenge in court a watchdog body’s “fundamentally and irretrievably flawed” findings…
Four Turks kidnapped in Nigeria, police launch rescue operation
ABUJA, July 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue…
AU calls for international actions to address DRC Ebola outbreak
ADDIS ABABA, July 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The African Union called for urgent international actions to tackle the Ebola outbreak in…
Africans more than twice as likely to be denied UK visa – parliamentary report
LONDON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Africans are more than twice likely to be refused UK visitor visas than applicants from…
Nigeria: Aid worker killed, six missing as gunmen attack NGO convoy in Borno
ABUJA, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person has been killed and six others are missing after suspected Boko Haram gunmen…