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…
Kenya halts Lamu coal power project at world heritage site
Lamu is the planned site of Kenya’s first coal-fired power plant NAIROBI, June 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan judges have halted…
Libya: UN-Backed Gov’t Retakes Key City South of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, June 27 (NNN-TELESUR) – The strategic city of Gharyan located to the south of the capital of Libya, Tripoli, …
Zimbabwe to donate its excess elephants, lions to Angola – President Mnangagwa
HARARE, June 26 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe is planning to donate different kinds of animals to…
DR Congo: Thousands of refugees flee as inter-ethnic violence flares
KINSHASA, June 26 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The United Nations refugee agency reports around 7,500 Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda this…
Botswana president to visit Angola for ways to reduce elephant population
GABORONE, June 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said he will lead a delegation to Angola in a bid…