Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libya’s capital was rocked early Tuesday by gunfights between backers of two rival administrations, threatening another escalation in the war-torn North African country. Supporters of a government endorsed by Libya’s parliament and by an eastern-based military strongman had tried to move into the western ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Allies of Lebanese group Hezbollah appear to have suffered losses in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon, early results have shown. Unofficial results showed that Hezbollah and its Shiite ally Amal Movement have retained their seats in the 128-seat parliament. Hezbollah ally, the Free Patriotic Movement, however, won ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The United Nations and Somalia’s neighbors have congratulated Hassan Sheikh Mohamud- the new president of Somalia- announcing their commitment to work with the new administration. Mohamud has been elected president on Sunday May 15 after he received 214 parliamentary votes, defeating outgoing President Mohamed ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the country’s parliament on Monday, accusing lawmakers of corruption. According to a presidential decree, the decision was made considering the “existence of persistent and insurmountable differences between the National People’s Assembly and other...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP: The results of Lebanon’s first elections since multiple crises ravaged the country were expected Monday, with opposition groups hoping for modest gains. According to provisional turnout figures, 41 percent of Lebanon’s 3.9 million registered voters cast a ballot Sunday in 12 hours of polling that saw se...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali lawmakers from both houses of parliament who gathered in a hangar inside heavily fortified Mogadishu International Airport elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president Sunday, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo. Mohamud, who was Mohamed’s immediate predecessor as ...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Ten of the 43 ministers in Nigeria’s Federal Cabinet on Friday resigned from office ahead of this month’s pre-election exercise by political parties before next year’s general elections. Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari held a valedictory session with t...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Citing security reasons, police in Somalia on Saturday announced a curfew in the capital Mogadishu ahead of the country’s long-delayed presidential election scheduled for Sunday. Abdifitah Aden Hassan, a police spokesman, said movement of the people and traffic will not be allowed, adding the curfew will last un...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Presidential Election Commission has finally concluded the registration of candidates for the May 15 polls. Thirty-nine candidates have registered, including incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, two former presidents, a former prime minister, a former mayor of Mogadishu, several former minis...
