Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, others in a group photograph TRIPOLI, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The first Deputy on the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, has officially taken over the tasks of the HoR headquarters in Tripoli.The HoR confirmed in a brief statement that this step is a new hope…

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Security Council can only lift the arms embargo on South Sudan when the 2018 peace agreement is fully implemented, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said.In the latest report on benchmarks to assess the arms embargo in South Sudan,…

Ballots are counted after the closing of the voting operations at a roadside voting station NDJAMENA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Chad waits for the results of Sunday’s presidential election, the African Union said the vote was peaceful amid calls for a boycott by the opposition.Incumbent President Idriss Deby is…

ABUJA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Gunmen have attacked humanitarian aid facilities and a local hospital in a northern Nigerian town, aid agencies, and community leaders said.Local media reported that at least six people were killed in the attack.Armed men rode into the town of Damasak in Borno state on the…

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo MOGADISHU, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s Parliament has extended its mandate and that of President Mohamed Farmaajo by two years, giving the incumbent some respite but creating a potential opposition from the international community and some aspirants.The decision was reached on Monday after an…

The $3.55 billion pipelines could be the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world KAMPALA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project agreement with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Hassan Suluhu.“The EACOP Tripartite Project Agreement has been signed by all…

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi KINSHASA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister has announced a new cabinet, completing a government overhaul by President Felix Tshisekedi that strengthens his hold on power.The new government is a further blow to Tshisekedi’s predecessor and former coalition partner,…