LUANDA, Oct. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – The National Assembly of Angola, on Saturday rejected a proposal to create an ad hoc committee, for impeaching the…
Africa
Ghana unlocks new climate financing from International Finance Cooperation
By Francis Ntow Marrakech (Morocco), Oct. 16, GNA – Ghana has unlocked new financing support for its climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives at the…
Nigerian troops kill at least 50 suspected gunmen in operations
ABUJA, Oct. 13, (Xinhua/GNA) – At least 50 suspected gunmen, were killed in various operations by government troops in Nigeria’s northern region in the…
At least 4 university students in central Nigeria abducted
ABUJA, Oct. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – At least four students of the Nasarawa State University in central Nigeria, were kidnapped by gunmen early Tuesday, local…
Africa’s climate solutions must move from surviving to thriving
Albert Oppong-Ansah, GNA Accra, Oct. 11, GNA – The 10th Global Landscape Forum 2023 (GLF 2023) has opened in Nairobi to discuss ways to…
Murder and violence mark Rwanda’s ‘extraterritorial repression’, says HRW
Kigali, Oct. 10, (AFP/GNA) – The tiny East African nation has been de facto led by Paul Kagame since the genocide in 1994, and the veteran president is…
Football legend Weah eyes second presidential term as Liberia votes
Monrovia, Oct. 10, (AFP/GNA) – An hour before polling got under way at 0800 GMT, hundreds of people were already waiting to cast their…
IMF projects higher growth for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 better than advanced economies
By Francis Ntow Marrakech (Morocco), Oct. 10, GNA – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting that Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth for 2023 will be…
Yemen’s Houthis vow to fire missiles if US intervenes in Gaza
Cairo, Oct 10, (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Iran-allied rebel leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, threatened on Tuesday to respond with missiles and drones, if the United States…
South Africa to import liquid, powdered eggs for industrial use due to avian flu
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 10, (Xinhua/GNA) – The South African Poultry Association, said Monday that the country would import eggs in liquid and powder forms, to…
Gabon coup leaders install new parliament
Yaoundé, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Almost six weeks after the coup in Gabon, the central African state’s new military ruler, Brice Oligui Nguema, has…
Egyptian policeman kills two Israeli tourists, one Egyptian
Cairo, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – A policeman in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria shot two Israeli tourists and one Egyptian national dead on Sunday,…
Mohbad death: Nursing assistant is prime suspect after Primeboy fight – police
Nigeria, Oct. 07 (BBC/GNA) – A nursing assistant said to have injected Nigerian Afrobeats star Mohbad with drugs is the prime suspect in his…
Tunisia’s Saied rejects EU financial aid, casting doubt on immigration deal
Tunis, Oct. 5, (GNA/Reuters) – Saied’s move could undermine the “strategic partnership” from July that includes measures on combating human traffickers and tightening borders,…
Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege unveils DR Congo presidential bid
Kinshasha, Oct. 5, (GNA/AFP) – Speaking to a packed auditorium in the central African nation’s capital Kinshasa, the doctor told reporters he wanted to…
Tsunami warning lifted after magnitude-6.6 Japan earthquake
Tokyo, Oct. 5, (dpa/GNA) – A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck Japan’s eastern outlying islands early Thursday. The earthquake, which hit at 11 am (0200 GMT)…
At least 40 missing after boat accident in north Nigeria
ABUJA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua/GNA) – At least 40 people are reported missing, after a boat carrying passengers, capsized on a local river in Nigeria’s…
Dozens feared killed as explosion rocks illegal oil refinery in south Nigeria
ABUJA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua/GNA) – Nigerian authorities on Tuesday, launched an investigation into an explosion, that recently rocked an illegal oil refinery in the…