Guinea-Bissau: Supreme Court rejects challenge to presidential election result
President-elect Umaro Cissoko Embalo BISSAU, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Guinea-Bissau’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge against Umaro Cissoko Embalo’s victory…
Mexico: Pres Lobrador vows justice in visit to town scarred by massacre
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador LA MORA (Mexico), Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s president pledged that those behind a…
Colombia says police foil attempt to assassinate FARC leader Timochenko
Colombian former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono BOGOTA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombian police thwarted an assassination attempt against Rodrigo…
Argentina: Pres Fernandez sets March 31 deadline to renegotiate debt, says has IMF backing
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez BUENOS AIRES, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Alberto Fernandez said he has set a March 31…
Kenya: 3 teachers feared dead, 1 abducted as al-Shabaab raid police camp
GARISSA (Kenya), Jan 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Three teachers are feared dead after Somali extremist group al-Shabab attacked a police camp…
Ethiopian PM Abiy expects parliamentary election in May or June
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election…
Brazil opens pipeline to allow Bolivian company to sell gas
BRASILIA, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Brazilian government authorized Bolivian oil and gas company YPFB to use the Gasbol pipeline…
France protests: PM offers pension compromise in bid to end strike
Thousands marched through Paris to protest against the pension reforms. PARIS, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has offered a…
Update: Libyan rivals to sign ceasefire deal in Moscow
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Both sides in Libya’s conflict areexpected Monday in Moscow to sign an agreement on the…
Brexit: EU ‘won’t be rushed’ on trade deal, says Ireland’s deputy PM Coveney
Simon Coveney BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU “will not be rushed” on a trade deal with the UK…