The Mauritanian government and the conglomerate “Kokaz” and “TAQA Arabia” signed on Monday in Nouakchott a historic investment agreement to exploit gas reserves in the Banda and Taft fields in the Mauritanian coastal basin.

Democratic Republic of Congo national television has announced the appointment of Judith Sominoa Toluka as prime minister, the first for a woman to hold the post in the country.

The Sudanese army announced the capture of 7 foreign fighters during the battles at the radio and television building in Omdurman a few days ago, including 4 from South Sudan and 3 from Chad.

Officials in South Sudan have confirmed that at least 12 people have been killed and 15 children missing after youths attacked a village in the east of the country.

Libya’s shale oil represents an immense wealth that bodes well for the North African country, where much of its economy depends on the unconventional fossil fuel sector.

Deadly clashes erupted in southern Chad between Arab livestock farmers and local farmers, killing at least 23 people during seven days of ongoing violence.

The Libyan Joint Security Room denied the withdrawal of its members from the Ras Ajdir border crossing with Tunisia, after social media pages circulated a video showing cars leaving the crossing, said to belong to the chamber.

Finnish police announced that 3 minors were injured in a shooting attack at a Finnish school, and the shooter was arrested.

“World Central Kitchen” says an Israeli airstrike killed 7 of its employees in the Gaza Strip, despite prior coordination with the Israeli military.

Arab and foreign countries condemned the bombing of the Iranian consulate by Israeli warplanes in the center of the Syrian capital Damascus, on Monday, killing 7 people, including diplomats.

Libya’s Supreme Judicial Council announced a decision to pardon the rest of their sentences for convicts who have completed at least half of their sentences.

Several Sudanese ministries, including the National Electric Power Company, held a meeting at the ministries complex in Port Sudan to discuss strategies to enhance the stability of electricity in the country.

Local and international human rights organizations have issued a joint warning on the deteriorating conditions of refugees since the end of August in Egypt.

The Libyan Public Prosecution reported on Monday evening the imprisonment of officials at the Dhahra branch of the National Commercial Bank in Tripoli on charges of corruption and embezzlement.

The French website “Africa Intelligence” revealed that the replacement of the Minister of Oil in Libya, Mohamed Aoun, bears the fingerprints of Ibrahim Ali Dabaiba, a relative of the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba.

More than 1,400 Nigerians have arrived in Niger over the past week, fleeing violence by armed gangs in their country, according to the United Nations.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday expressed regret over a mistaken clash between their members and members of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).

The events in Niger summarize the nature of the conflict in West Africa in general and provide a model for the Russian-American geopolitical rivalry and the shifts in the international balance of power after France left one of its old colonies.

The Algerian League for Human Rights condemned the imprisonment of a French-Algerian activist for releasing a song expressing protest against the suppression of freedoms in Algeria.

“EgyptAir” has sold 12 Airbus “A220-300” aircraft to Azur Air due to their unsuitability for climatic conditions.