Eight Killed In Communal Clashes In Cameroon’s Restive Anglophone Region

YAOUNDE, Dec 14 (NNN-IRIN) – At least eight people were killed and several others injured, in communal clashes in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region of the Northwest, security sources said, yesterday. The clashes erupted early Friday, after gunmen, suspected to be armed separatist fighters, raided Mbororo community, killing three people, a…

Non-Aligned Countries (NAM) reject illegal actions and escalation by the US against Venezuela

NEW YORK, Dec 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) rejected the Trump Administration’s illegal actions against Venezuela and warned that “the growing presence and activities of extra-regional military forces, including deployments involving assets with advanced capabilities, increase risks to regional peace, security, and stability, undermining…

UK slaps sanctions on Sudan RSF paramilitary deputy, other commanders

LONDON, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK imposed sanctions on senior commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suspected of “heinous violence” in the Darfur hub of El-Fasher, which the paramilitary group captured in October. The Foreign Office in London said those targeted include RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, whose brother Mohammad Hamdan…

Central African Republic prepares for critical elections amid persisting instability

The UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSCA, is playing a critical role in disarming and demobilizing armed group in the Central African Republic BANGUI, Dec 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Central African Republic is preparing to hold a quadruple election in the coming weeks. Voters will be called to the polls on Dec 28 to elect their…

Senegal to suspend all extraditions to France

French President Emmanuel Macron and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye DAKAR, Dec 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Senegal has decided to suspend all extraditions to France, accusing Paris of refusing to cooperate. Senegalese Justice Minister Yassine Fall made the announcement in an address to parliament on Thursday. She said Dakar has been unsuccessfully requesting…

Fuel tanker explosion kills at least eight people in Cameroon

YAOUNDE, Dec 13 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — At least eight people died in the explosion of a tanker on the road linking Limbe to Douala in Cameroon on Friday. Firefighters were working throughout the day to extinguish the flames of the raging truck, which carried more than 36,000 litres of fuel when it exploded.…

Tanzania, Zambia deepen cooperation in cargo transport

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 13 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Deputy Minister for  Transport, David Kihenzile, has inaugurated a new reach stacker machine for the Zambian company Zambia Cargo and Logistics Limited (ZCL) at Mukuba Depot in Dar es Salaam, highlighting it as a key step in strengthening Tanzania-Zambia cooperation in the transport…

Tanzania joins Kenya in celebrating its National Day

NAIROBI (Kenya), Dec 13 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — The United Republic of Tanzania has joined Kenya in celebrating the country’s Independence Day at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi Dec 12. Tanzania was represented by the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for Policy, Parliament, Coordination, and People with Disabilities, William Lukuvi,…

Ghana’s Pres Mahama secures ECOWAS backing for 2027 AU Chairmanship position

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama ABUJA (Nigeria), Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has unanimously endorsed President John Dramani Mahama as West Africa’s sole candidate for the position of Chairperson of the African Union (AU) when the regional rotation reaches ECOWAS in 2027.The decision is said to have been…

Food rations to Sudan to be reduced due to funding shortages, WFP says

GENEVA, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Food rations will be reduced for communities facing famine in Sudan from next month due to severe funding shortages, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.A war that erupted in 2023 between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has caused what…
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