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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment at the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for today  Saturday, 16 February 2019. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced the shocking decision early Saturday, just hours before the opening of

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump has indicated he’s prepared to sign the government funding bill and issue a national emergency on the border. “He has indicated he is prepared to sign the bill. He will also

France has also reacted to the arrest of Cameroon opposition chief Maurice Kamto and hundreds of his supporters. The French Foreign Ministry said it was following developments in Cameroon and called on the government to respect the rights of people to

The bodies of five people trapped in a gold mine in Liberia have been recovered, regional authorities have told the BBC. The bodies of five people trapped in a gold mine in Liberia have been recovered, regional authorities have told the

Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto was on Tuesday charged with rebellion, insurrection and hostility against the homeland, more than two weeks after his arrest on 28 January, one of his lawyers said. According to the lawyer, Emmanuel Smith, Kamto along with

Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara says justice must be served to the victims of the 2010 post-election violence, following the acquittal of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo by the International Criminal Court. Outtara told Radio France International, on the sidelines of the African

South African labour unions on Friday condemned plans announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to split state power firm Eskom into three entities, with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) saying this confirmed its fears that the government wanted

European Union officials have slashed their growth forecast for the 19 countries that use the euro, saying even the reduced estimate was vulnerable to “large uncertainty” from slowing growth in China and weakening global trade. The EU’s executive Commission cut the