Marrakech, Jan 30, (GNA) – The Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) has retained its Executive Council for another three-year term at the…
Africa
Three tourists die in boat accident in Oman
Cairo, Jn 28, (dpa/GNA) – Three French tourists have died in a boating accident in Oman, authorities said on Tuesday. A boat capsized with…
Ugandan opposition leader accuses soldiers of brutal assault
Kampala, Jan 24, (dpa/GNA) – Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, has once again accused the security forces of severe assaults, shortly after the controversial…
Heavy rain and flooding impact 600,000 in Mozambique, with 50 dead
Dakar, Jan 21, (dpa/GNA) – Heavy rains since the end of last month, have caused widespread flooding in Mozambique, with at least 50 people…
HRH Prince Moulay Rachid Receives National Football Team, Runners-Up of AFCON Morocco‑2025
Rabat, Jan. 20, GNA – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, acting on the High Instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on Monday…
Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th term in election as rival alleges fraud
Kampala, Jan 18, (dpa/GNA) – Incumbent Yoweri Museveni has won Uganda’s presidential election with a large majority, according to the country’s electoral commission on…
Severe weather in South Africa causes Kruger Park closure
Johannesburg, Jan 15, (dpa/GNA) – Parts of southern Africa have been affected by flooding and destruction, following heavy rainfall that has lasted for days.…
Sudanese government returns to Khartoum as war rages
Omdurman, Sudan, Jan 12, (dpa/GNA) – The Sudanese government has officially returned to the capital Khartoum, after being based in Port Sudan since the…
Plot to kill Burkina Faso leader foiled, says junta
Jan 7, (BBC/GNA) – A plot to kill Burkina Faso’s military leader, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has been thwarted, the West African nation has announced.…
Four dead after hippopotamus attack in Kenya
Nairobi, Jan 4, (dpa/GNA) – Four young men have died in a hippopotamus attack at Lake Naivasha in Kenya, according to media reports. A…
Around 30 dead in attack on village in Nigeria
Abuja, Jan 4, (dpa/GNA) – At least 30 people were killed and an unspecified number of residents abducted when gunmen raided a village in…
least 25 killed in boat accident in northern Nigeria
Lagos, Jan 4, (dpa/GNA) – At least 25 people were killed in a boat accident in northern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. A wooden…
least 25 killed in boat accident in northern Nigeria
Lagos, Jan 4, (dpa/GNA) – At least 25 people were killed in a boat accident in northern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. A wooden…
UK boxer Joshua ‘stable’ after Nigeria car crash that killed two
London, Dec 30, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British boxer Anthony Joshua is recovering in hospital after being involved in a car crash in Nigeria that…
Joshua suffers ‘minor injuries’ as passenger in car crash in Nigeria
London, Dec 29, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British boxer Anthony Joshua has suffered “minor injuries” after the car he was travelling in crashed in Nigeria,…
Coup leader Doumbouya expected to win Guinea’s presidential election
Conakry, Dec 28, (dpa/GNA) – More than four years after a coup, citizens in West African Guinea go to the polls to elect a…
Casualties reported as violence mars protests in Syria
Cairo, Dec 28, (dpa/GNA) – Violence erupted on Sunday between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government, resulting in several casualties in the latest…
US coordinated its Islamic State attack with Nigeria, Abuja says
Cape Town, Dec 26, (dpa/GNA) – The US deadly airstrikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria, were a joint anti-terrorism operation, the Nigerian Foreign…
At least five killed in suicide attack in Nigeria
Abuja, Dec 25, (dpa/GNA) – At least five people have been killed and 35 injured, some of them seriously, in a suicide bombing in…
Libyan military chief, four others die in plane crash outside Ankara
Istanbul, Dec 23, (dpa/GNA) – A plane carrying Libyan Chief of General Staff Mohammed al-Haddad and four other passengers has crashed outside Ankara after…