Africa

Update: Burkina Faso suspends more international news media

OUAGADOUGOU, April 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period,…

IOC confirmed that there will be Palestinian athletes in Paris 2024

LAUSANNE (Switzerland), April 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, confirmed that there…

South Africa: Security plan in place for upcoming elections

PRETORIA, April 29 (NNN-SANEWS) — With just 30 days left until South Africans head to the polls, government has assured…

Burkina Faso rejects ‘baseless accusations’ that soldiers massacred 223 villagers

OUAGADOUGOU, April 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burkina Faso has rejected “baseless accusations” that soldiers massacred 223 people in attacks in February.…

Kenya flood death toll hits 76 as neighbouring countries also hit by the El Nino disaster

NAIROBI, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seventy-six people in Kenya have lost their lives to floods triggered by torrential monsoon downpours…

Nigeria: Landmine blast kills 11 anti-jihadist militia fighters

KANO (Nigeria), April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven militia fighters working alongside Nigeria’s military to battle jihadists were killed Saturday in…

Sudan demands emergency UN meeting on UAE ‘aggression’

PORT SUDAN (Sudan), April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sudan has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting on what it calls…

Liberia, Benin, Sierra Leone roll out malaria vaccine: WHO

MONROVIA, April 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Liberia, Benin, and Sierra Leone have rolled out a malaria vaccine, targeting millions of children…

Botswana intensifies marketing strategies to attract more Chinese tourists

GABORONE, April 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — Botswana is stepping up its marketing efforts to attract more Chinese tourists, President Mokgweetsi Masisi…

US to withdraw troops from Chad, Niger

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States will withdraw most of its troops stationed…