Aug 27 (BBC/GNA) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says.…
Africa
Over 4.38 mln people internally displaced in Ethiopia: UN agency
ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 24, (Xinhua/GNA) – Over 4.38 million people are internally displaced across 11 regions in Ethiopia, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
UN says Sudan fighting forces over 202,000 to cross into South Sudan since April
JUBA, Aug. 24, (Xinhua/GNA) — Violent clashes that erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan have forced 202,263…
Uganda, DR Congo troops rescue 30 more abductees from ADF rebels
KAMPALA, Aug. 24, (Xinhua/GNA) — The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF), and Congolese military have rescued another 30 abductees from Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)…
Former Nigerian Oil Minister faces corruption charges in the UK
By Desmond Davies London, Aug 23, GNA – A former Minister for Petroleum Resources in Nigeria, Diezani Alison-Madueke, will appear at Westminster Magistrate Court…
ECOWAS envoy expresses positive views on diplomatic solution for Niger crisis
ABUJA, Aug. 23, (Xinhua/GNA) — Abdulsalami Abubakar, a special envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Niger’s political impasse, announced…
60 civilians killed, 250 injured in clashes in Sudan’s South Darfur: UN
KHARTOUM, Aug. 23, (Xinhua/GNA) — The United Nations, on Tuesday said at least 60 people were killed, and 250 others injured, during the ongoing…
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa the favourite as nation goes to polls
Harare, Aug 23, (dpa/GNA) – Zimbabwean voters are heading to the polls on Wednesday, for presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
Uganda starts vaccinating frontline health workers against Ebola virus in northwestern region
KAMPALA, Aug. 23, (Xinhua/GNA) — Uganda, on Tuesday started the Ebola vaccination exercise, covering 2,500 frontline health workers at Adjumani district in its northwestern…
6th BRICS Media Forum calls for strengthening voices of developing nations
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – The Sixth BRICS Media Forum kicked off Saturday here in South Africa, calling for strengthening the voices of developing…
Somalia youth promote climate-smart farming to contain hunger crisis
MOGADISHU, Aug. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) — Somalia has been reeling from climatic shocks including droughts and floods, exposing local citizens to food insecurity and forced…
Sudan’s cattle exports continue amid clashes: ministry
KHARTOUM, Aug. 21, (Xinhua/GNA) — Sudan’s Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, announced on Sunday the country had exported 2.7 million heads of cattle…
Niger’s coup leader plans transitional government for up to 3 years
Niamey, Aug. 20, (dpa/GNA) - Niger’s de facto president, Abdourahamane Tchiani, wants to create a transitional government that would remain in power for “no longer than three…
Poachers kill 3 elephants, 5 zebras in eastern Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) – At least three elephants were shot dead and five zebras, four antelopes and one buffalo have been…
Botswana police intercepts truck smuggling 40 Ethiopians
GABORONE, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — Authorities in Botswana, on Thursday said they have intercepted 40 Ethiopians, in a suspected case of human trafficking. Senior…
At least 6 killed in inter-clan clash in NE Kenya
GARISSA, Kenya, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least six people were shot dead at a village in northeastern Kenya’s Garissa County, in an inter-clan…
Airstrike kills 5 al-Shabab terrorists in central Somalia
MOGADISHU, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — Somalia and the United States said Thursday, their forces killed five al-Shabab militants in an airstrike, conducted in a…
FAO launches action plan to tackle El Nino rains in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the British embassy in Mogadishu on Wednesday, launched…
Ethiopia’s private telecom firm launches mobile money service
ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 18, (Xinhua/GNA) — Ethiopia’s first private telecom firm Safaricom Ethiopia, has officially introduced its mobile financial service, M-Pesa, three months after…
Humanitarian leaders call for end to Sudan conflict, safe aid access
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) — Humanitarian leaders on Tuesday called on parties to the Sudan conflict to end the fighting, protect innocent civilians…