Conflict-ridden Central African Republic to hold runoff parliamentary elections in March

President Touadera said that the second round was set for March 14 BANGUI, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Central African Republic (CAR) will hold next month the second round of voting for legislative elections in some constituencies, as well as a first-round where a December ballot was disrupted amid a…

Covid-19: France reports 21,231 new cases over 24 hours

PARIS, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France reported 21,231 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, slightly up from 20,701 on Friday.The number of people in France who have died from COVID-19 infections rose by 199 to 81,647 – the seventh-highest death toll globally – versus 320 on Friday.There were 10,037 new patients hospitalised with the…

Ebola: Guinea sees first deaths since 2016

CONAKRY, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people have died of Ebola in Guinea in the first resurgence of the disease in five years, the country’s health minister said. Remy Lamah said officials were “really concerned” about the deaths, thefirst since a 2013-2016 epidemic — which began in Guinea — left…

Algerian president returns from Germany after post-Covid surgery

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ALGIERS, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned home Friday after a one-month stay in Germany for surgery following post-Covid-19 complications in his foot, state television said. “The President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, returned…

Impeachment trial: US Senate acquit former Pres Trump

Former President Donald Trump was impeached for inciting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection. The acquittal comes more than a month after a mob…

Mauritians call on the government to resign in mass protest

The protesters called for the government to resign PORT LOUIS, Feb 14 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Thousands of Mauritians protested in the capital Port-Louis calling for the government to resign alleging corruption and fraud. The demonstrators heeded the calls of opposition parties to call into question the responsibility of those who hold…

Somalia rejects Kenya request to delay ICJ maritime case

MOGDISHU, Feb 14 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Somalia rejected the Kenyan government’s request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime case between the two neighboring East African countries. Somalia’s Information Minister Osman Dubbe told a news conference in the capital Mogadishu that his country has rejected Kenya’s request…

Mali: UN Chief says ‘complex attack’ against Blue Helmets may constitute war crime

UN peacekeepers patrol the Menaka region in northeast Mali UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (NNN-UNNS) — An assault by unidentified armed elements on a temporary operating base of the UN Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) in Kerena, near Douentza in Central Mali,  resulted in the death of a Togolese peacekeeper and the wounding of 27…

Update: Italy’s new prime minister, his cabinet sworn in

Italian outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, left, hands over the cabinet minister bell to new Prime Minister Mario Draghi ROME, Feb 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Italian government formed by newly-appointed Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who was also the former chief of the European Central Bank (ECB), was officially sworn in…

Update: Car bomb near Somali presidential palace kills 1, injures 10

MOGADISHU, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least one person was killed and 10 injured in a car bomb that exploded Saturday morning near the Somalian presidential palace in Mogadishu, police and hospital officials said. “At 9:10 AM, a terrorist car loaded with explosives … rammed into a checkpoint near the…