DR Congo: 8 dead in Goma shootings
GOMA (DR Congo), Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Unidentified gunmen killed eight people in three districts of Goma in eastern Democratic…
Zimbabwe shelves plans to join Continental Free Trade Area as ‘local industry not ready’
HARARE, Feb 18 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The Zimbabwe government has shelved plans to fully join the Africa Continental Free Trade Area…
Mozambique: Son of ex-president arrested in graft case
MAPUTO, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The son of Mozambique’s former president Armando Guebuza was arrested in a legal crackdown on…
Somalia denies Kenya claims in maritime border spat
MOGADISHU, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia has rejected accusations by Kenya that it had auctioned off oil and gas blocks…
Nigeria election 2019: Observers urge calm after delay
The face of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is seen on a campaign poster fixed to the pillars of a highway…
Libyan UN-backed gov’t calls for security, military coordination against terrorism
TRIPOLI, Feb 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s UN-backed government called for security and military coordination against terrorism and crime in the…
Cameroon: 170 students kidnapped in restive Anglophone region released
YAOUNDE, Feb 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — One hundred and 70 students and their teacher in a restive English-speaking region of Cameroon…
South Africa: Four suspected poachers, staff arrested
PRETORIA, Feb 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African National Parks (SANParks) announced the arrest of four suspected poachers including a…
Pres Ramaphosa calls on State Security Agency to recommit to serving South Africa
PRETORIA, Feb 18 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the State Security Agency (SSA) to recommit itself to…
South Africa: Activists try to protect endangered pangolins, sought after in Asia
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As World Pangolin Day is marked around the globe, some conservationists in South Africa are…