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The chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group in Sierra Leone, Mr John Dramani Mahama, and other colleague former Heads of State heading various Observer Missions have been meeting in Freetown to review preparations towards the Wednesday March 07, 2018 elections. Present

The national executive committee of Nigeria’s ruling party has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a second term in an election next year, two senior party sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Buhari, who took office in May 2015, has not yet

North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used in chemical weapons manufacturing, US media report, citing findings by UN experts. The materials include acid-resistant tiles, valves and pipes, reports say. An as-yet-unreleased UN report also says Pyongyang’s

The father of a boy who was hidden inside a suitcase in an attempt to smuggle him into Europe has been allowed to walk free from court. Adou was just eight years old when a shocked border official spotted his figure

US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices, which were used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers last year. Such devices enable a rifle to shoot hundreds of rounds a minute. Speaking at the

A commander of an Iranian-backed Afghan Shia militia said on Sunday that to date over 2,000 Afghans have been killed fighting in Syria. “Over 2,000 Afghan fighters sent by Iran to the Syria conflict were killed, while 8,000 others were wounded,”

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Thursday to improve strained ties between the two countries following months-long tensions between Ankara and Berlin. Speaking at a joint news conference with Merkel in Berlin, Yildirim called for

Four members of the Fatemiyoun Division, an Afghan Shia militia affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, have been killed fighting in Syria, Iranian media reported Thursday. Exactly where in Syria the fighters were killed — and who they were fighting —