Africa

Tunisia extends state of emergency for 1 month

TUNIS, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia announced on Friday the extension of a state of emergency for one more month…

UN envoy says Libyan journalists face rising threats, violence

TRIPOLI, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame said that Libyan journalists face rising threats and…

Algerians take to streets as political stalemate continues

ALGIERS, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hundreds of thousands of Algerians took to the streets across the country for the 11th…

Libya: Stalemate persists in Tripoli after overnight fighting, more civilians flee

TRIPOLI, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighting raged in the battle for the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, with neither faction…

Pres Buhari’s relative kidnapped in Nigeria

ABUJA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police say gunmen have kidnapped a traditional ruler in Daura who is distantly related to…

Gambia signs oil exploration deal with BP for A1 block

BANJUL, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gambia’s government said it had signed a contract with BP to explore oil and gas…

Six killed by rebels in eastern DR Congo, many feared abducted

KINSHASA, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed rebels have attacked a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council

KHARTOUM, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A top official in Sudan’s military council said it will not allow civilians a majority…

Ethiopia deploys army to curb new deadly ethnic clashes

ADDIS ABABA, May 4 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Ethiopian army has been deployed to quell new outbreak of deadly ethnic clashes…

Gunmen abduct 5 from all-girl school in Nigeria – Police

ABUJA, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people were abducted by gunmen who stormed an all-girl school in Nigeria’s northwestern state…