US shooting: One dead in Tennessee school shooting – police

KNOXVILLE (Tennessee, US), April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was killed and a police officer wounded in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Tennessee on Monday, police said. Knoxville city police said on Twitter “multiple gunshot victims” had been reported at Austin-East Magnet High School,…

US cuts deal with Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala on border security

WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has cut a deal for Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce their borders in a bid to quash a wave of migration to the United States, the White House said. “The objective is to make it more difficult to make the journey…

US shooting: Minneapolis under curfew after officer shoots Black motorist dead

MINNEAPOLIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh protests broke out Monday night in Minneapolis despite a curfew implemented after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man when she confused her handgun with her taser, fueling tensions in a US city already on edge because of the George Floyd murder…

Covid-19: US breaks vaccination record with 4.6 million shots in one day

An average of 3 million vaccine doses are being administered every day in the US WASHINGTON, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US continues to make rapid strides with its vaccination programme, announcing that health care workers carried out more than 4.6 million vaccinations on Saturday.“A new record,” Cyrus Shahpar, the…

Conservative banker Lasso wins presidential run-off in Ecuador

Lasso got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted QUITO, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Conservative banker Guillermo Lasso has won Ecuador’s presidential run-off vote.The 65-year-old got to 52.52 per cent of the vote with almost all votes counted, while left-wing candidate Andres Arauz received 47.48…

Libyan parliament reunited after years of division

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…

UN can only lift sanctions when Juba peace deal is fulfilled – Guterres

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,…

Chad election: Ruling party says turnout high amid boycott

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…

Gunmen attack humanitarian facilities in northern Nigeria; 6 dead

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 MPs extend their mandate and President Mohamed Farmaajo’s term by 2 years

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…