Africa

Sudan: Opposition leader’s daughter jailed a week over protests

KHARTOUM, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The deputy head of Sudan’s opposition Umma Party was sentenced to a week in prison…

Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests

ALGIERS, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Algerian authorities ordered an early start to the spring university holiday, an apparent attempt to…

DR Congo: Mai Mai militia attacks Ebola treatment centre

GOMA (Congo), March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed Mai Mai militiamen attacked an Ebola treatment centre at the heart of an…

Death toll from Malawi flooding rises to 28, almost 227,000 people affected

BLANTYRE, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of people killed in heavy rains and flooding in southern Malawi has risen…

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Returns To Algeria Amid Mass Protests

Algeria protesters chant: “Peaceful! Peaceful!”  ALGIERS, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A plane carrying Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has landed…

Governor election counting halted in southern Nigeria oil state

A man raises a ballot paper in Lagos as counting begins YENAGOA (Nigeria), March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Counting in the…

Seven soldiers, dozens of Boko Haram militants killed in Niger attack: ministry

NIAMEY, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram militants in…

UN chief proposes cutting DR Congo peace force

UNITED NATIONS, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN chief Antonio Guterres has proposed shrinking the large peacekeeping force in the Democratic…

Engine failure forces Air France A380 back to Abidjan

ABIDJAN, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A mid-flight engine failure forced anAir France A380 jet with more than 500 passengers on…

Pilot of crashed plane reported ‘difficulties’, asked to return: Ethiopian Airlines

ADDIS ABABA, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The pilot of a Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 that crashed six minutes after takeoff from…