Africa
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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 29 in Plateau, Sokoto Communities
Apr 04, 2020 01:38Gunmen killed no fewer than 29 persons in Hukke village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State and Gangara village in Sabin Birni LGA of Sokoto State.
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Number of COVID-19 victims reaches to 58 in Egypt
Apr 03, 2020 07:47Egypt reported on Thursday 86 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 865, and at least 58 people have died from the COVID-19 disease in this country.
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Turkey warship fires missiles on sites controlled by Haftar militias
Apr 02, 2020 07:27According to Libyan news sources, a Turkish warship has fired missiles in the south of the city of Al-Ajaylat, west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
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Number of COVID-19 victims reaches to 46 in Egypt
Apr 01, 2020 07:56The Egyptian health ministry’s sources announced on Tuesday night that at least 46 people have died from the COVID-19 disease in this country.
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Bomb kills 3 police officers in northwest Burkina Faso
Mar 30, 2020 07:39A homemade bomb killed three paramilitary gendarmes and wounded three more Sunday in northwest Burkina Faso, security sources said.
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South Africa reports first deaths, lockdown into effect
Mar 28, 2020 02:21Fifty-seven million South Africans told to stay home during an unprecedented three-week total lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak resulting in 2 recorded deaths.
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Egyptian military forces attacked in Northern Sinai
Mar 27, 2020 08:46Egyptian sources reported Thursday a terrorist attack on a checkpoint station in the west of Rafah in Northern Sinai province.
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Nigeria: Lagos pipeline blast kills 15
Mar 16, 2020 04:33A pipeline explosion on Sunday killed at least 15 people and destroyed about 50 buildings after a fire broke out in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, emergency services said.
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Libya declares emergency, shuts down ports, airports
Mar 15, 2020 02:48Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus and will close all air and seaports from Monday, Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Saturday.
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Egypt: 20 killed in worst storm in decades
Mar 15, 2020 01:52Nearly 20 people have been killed in some of the worst storms to hit Egypt in decades, the country’s prime minister said in a statement on Friday.