Africa

Ugandan Pres Museveni to visit Kenya’s Mombasa Wednesday

Museveni will tour the Port of Mombasa. NAIROBI, March 26 (NNN-KBC) — Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is set to…

UN humanitarian chief urges int’l community to support fight against Ebola in DRC

UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The UN humanitarian chief called on the international community to support the fight against…

Tunisia, Switzerland keen to boost social security coordination

TUNIS, March 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday met with visiting Swiss Federal Councillor Alain Berset…

IDPs in Libya need assistance after returning home: UNHCR

TRIPOLI, March 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nearly half a million internally displaced people (IDPs) who have returned to their homes in…

US approves US$3.8b F-16 sale to Morocco

WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has approved the sale of 25 F-16 fighter aircraft to Morocco for…

Gabon: President Bongo returns home after rehabilitation in Morocco

Gabonese President, Ali Bongo LIBREVILLE, March 26 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — President Ali Bongo Ondimba flew home to Gabon after several months…

#FreeOurGirls: Twitter users back Burundi schoolgirls, detained for defacing president’s photos in school textbooks

GITEGA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter users have rallied to the cause of three schoolgirls arrested for defacing photos of…

Libyan oil workers at El Sharara, other fields demand salary increase

BENGHAZI, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A number of workers at Libya’s largest oilfield, El Sharara, and two other facilities are…

DR Congo: Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases – health ministry

KINSHASA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the Health Ministry said,…

Rescuers hope to reach more cyclone victims as roads reopen in Mozambique

BEIRA (Mozambique), March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers said they hope to reach hundreds of people still stranded more than a …