Africa

Kenya, South Sudan to deepen trade ties, set up joint border commission

NAIROBI, July 2 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and South Sudan have reached a deal to deepen their trade ties including a…

World Bank backs Kenya’s Big 4 Agenda

NAIROBI, July 2 (NNN-KBC) — World Bank Vice President for Africa Hafez Ghanem has assured of the Bretton Woods institution’s…

US imprisons Rwandan linked to 1994 genocide for immigration fraud

BOSTON (US), July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US federal judge in Boston sentenced a Rwandan man to more than eight…

Tunisia president recovers, leaves hospital

TUNIS, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia’s 92-year-old President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was hospitalised last week in critical condition, returned…

Stowaway body from Kenya Airways jet found in London garden: Police

LONDON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the…

Libyan Warlord Haftar Releases Six Turkish Citizens

TRIPOLI, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Six Turkish citizens detained in Libya by forces loyal to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar have…

Attack on Fulani village in central Mali kills 23 – Local mayor

BAMAKO, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 23 people have been killed and 300 missing after an attack on Sunday…

Sudan protesters announce day of ‘civil disobedience’ on July 14

KHARTOUM, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudanese protest leaders called for a one-day nationwide “civil disobedience” campaign on July 14, in…

Civil organisations sues Rwanda and Uganda governments over border closure

KAMPALA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Civil society organisations in Uganda have filed a case against the governments of Uganda and…

Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed defends reform agenda

ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed briefed lawmakers on the state of the country, covering…