Former minister, Mohamed Bazoum, was comfortably ahead in Niger’s weekend presidential election held against the backdrop of jihadist violence, partial results showed Wednesday. Bazoum, the designated successor of outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou, garnered more than half a million in a first batch of 1.2 million ballots, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said. Around 7.4 […]

Armed “terrorists” killed two Malian soldiers and wounded five others during an ambush in the nation, the army said Wednesday. The soldiers were escorting a vehicle transporting bank funds on Tuesday when a “group of armed terrorists”, a reference to jihadists, ambushed them in Batouma forest, the army said in a statement. The soldiers “offered […]

Iran on Wednesday said it would be prepared to pay compensation to the relatives of those killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane was mistakenly shot down by its air defence force. Iran is willing to pay 150,000 dollars to the family of each of the 176 victims, the state news agency IRNA reported. The amount […]

Ugandan police on Wednesday denied arresting presidential aspirant, Bobi Wine, as he tried to campaign ahead of next month’s tense election, saying instead the singer-turned-MP had been “restrained” and returned home. Wine’s campaign team said the opposition leader and his entire support crew had been arrested in Kalangala, a district near Lake Victoria, while drumming […]

A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed 10 Hong Kong democracy activists for up to three years over a bid by the group to flee the city by speedboat to seek sanctuary in Taiwan. The group were arrested by the Chinese coastguard on August 23 en route to the self-ruled island, which has opened its doors […]