Mine accident in DR Congo ‘kills at least 41 people’
KINSHASA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 41 miners have died after a part of a copper and cobalt mine…
Tunisia president hospitalized over ‘severe health crisis’
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi TUNIS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, was on Thursday brought…
Morocco’s Tangier port to become Mediterranean’s largest
KSAR SGHIR (Morocco), June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Morocco opens new terminals at Tanger Med port on Thursday, allowing it to…
South Africa’s records FDI inflows of 11.7 bln rand in Q1
PRETORIA, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa’s foreign direct investment swung to inflows in the first quarter from outflows in…
Tunisia: Double suicide blasts wound nine in capital
TUNIS, June 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two suicide bombers attacked police and the national guard in the Tunisian capital on Thursday,…
Senegal seizes 238 kg of cocaine hidden inside four cars on ship
DAKAR, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal on Wednesday seized 238 kg of cocaine hidden inside four new cars on a…
Kenya to chair regional piracy fighting group from 2020
PORT LOUIS, June 27 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya has been selected to Chair the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast…
Madagascar independence day celebrations: Stampede kills 16 and wounds 75
ANTANANARIVO, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 16 people were crushed to death and 75 wounded in a stampede at a stadium after a…
‘Dozens’ killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt: regional government
ADDIS ABABA, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue…
Zimbabwe wants ivory ban lifted so it can sell $600 million stockpile
HARARE, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is calling for a lift of the global ivory trade ban…