Kenya, Italy unveils Ksh.667M project to restore Cherangany Forest
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Barasa (seated) being shown how to grow a tree seedlings…
Kenya, Uganda launch joint dam project to benefit over 300,000 residents
NAIROBI, April 17 (NNN-KBC) — In a major step toward regional integration, climate resilience, and food security, Kenya and Uganda…
Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters attack strategic Adan Yabaal town
Al-Shabaab fighters on patrol MOGADISHU, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The al-Shabaab armed group has claimed to have seized control of…
Nigeria, Niger foreign ministers meet for security talks
ABUJA, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Niger held talks on cross-border security, terrorism and economic…
UN humanitarian agency to stay in Nigeria despite funding cuts: official
LAGOS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN humanitarian agency will not close its operation in Nigeria, a senior official assured,…
Mauritius: Ex-finance minister arrested over 2nd fraud case
PORT LOUIS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mauritius’s former finance minister was arrested over a second fraud case, two days after…
Niger: Solar boom counters power shortages
NIAMEY, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Solar panels like the ones on the roof of Elhadj Abdou’s house are an increasingly…
Tunisia using more ‘arbitrary detentions’ to stifle dissent: HRW
TUNIS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisian authorities have used arbitrary detention as a key tool of repression, jailing dozens of…
Nigeria: None spared in Plateau state gun, machete massacre – survivors
JOS (Nigeria), April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — People were hacked to death with machetes. Gunfire erupted everywhere, seemingly at random. No…
EU lists seven ‘safe’ countries of origin, tightening asylum rules
BRUSSELS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid…