Africa

Covid-19: WHO urges halt to sale of live wild mammals in food markets

GENEVA, April 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization called for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals…

Egyptian FM, UN Chief Discuss Ethiopia’s Nile Dam Dispute

CAIRO, Apr 14 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, yesterday held a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,…

UN Burundi office to close May 31

Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations special envoy’s office to Burundi will…

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…

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…

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) —…

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,…

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…

Uganda, Tanzania sign major pipeline project agreement

The $3.55 billion pipelines could be the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world KAMPALA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

DR Congo names new cabinet, cements president’s power

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi KINSHASA, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo’s Prime Minister has announced…