Italy held a tear-drenched funeral Saturday for dozens of its earthquake victims as the country observed a day of mourning over a disaster that killed nearly 300 people.

The candidate hoping to unseat Ali Bongo in Gabon’s presidential election on Saturday alleged a biased court ruling had opened the way to fraud because it allowed soldiers and police to vote several times.

Ms Mma Odi, the General Secretary of Alliance for Credible Elections, on Saturday said the rate of inconclusive elections in the country was becoming a cause for concern.

Four Chadian soldiers have been killed after a mine planted by Boko Haram Islamists destroyed their vehicle, a security source said on Saturday

Tunisia’s new Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and members of his cabinet were sworn in on Saturday, the presidency said, after approval from parliament.

President has assured the world that his government would ensure full rehabilitation and resettlement of the victims of the Boko Haram insurgents in the north east who are currently scattered in different camps as Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs.

THE police in Delta State have arrested two persons in connection with the bombing of National Secretariat of the Isoko Development Union, IDU at Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of the state.

Ex-militants in the third phase of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to launch an immediate investigation into the amnesty programme, warning that the incompetence of the leadership of the scheme could lead to widespread militancy in the Niger Delta region.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s new campaign chief Stephen Bannon was registered to vote at an abandoned Florida home, according to media reports, potentially violating the state’s election law. The Miami Herald reported on Friday that from 2014 until last week, Bannon was registered to vote at “an abandoned, trash-filled home in Coconut Grove.” The […]

The people of Gabon began casting their ballots Saturday in a vote to decide whether President Ali Bongo will remain in office or be unseated by a career diplomat and close associate of his late father, who ran the country for 41 years.