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Niamey – Voters in Niger went to the polls on Sunday in an election in which President Mahamadou Issoufou has promised a “knockout” blow to his opponents, one of whom is behind bars on baby-trafficking charges. A vast nation endowed with an abundance of uranium, gold, coal and oil but among the poorest on the planet, Niger is electing a ...

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni celebrated extending his three decades in power with a walk with his beloved cows, after an election rejected as fraudulent by the opposition and criticised by the international community. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni declared winner of ugandan elections Uganda’s veteran leader was on Saturday proclaimed the winner of the country’s presidential election with 60 percent ...

Seven people were shot and killed and several others wounded in Michigan on Saturday night in a series of apparently random public shootings, according to authorities and local media. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said on its Facebook page that six people had been shot and killed and several others seriously wounded in three shootings in Kalamazoo County, in ...

MANILA – The Philippine Catholic church on Sunday defended boxing hero Manny Pacquiao for his opposition to gay marriage, saying he was only quoting the Bible. But Father Jerome Secillano also said over radio station DZMM that Pacquiao should respect homosexuals and not judge and condemn them after the eight-division world champion last week described them as worse than animals. ...

The Ugandan President his excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been declared the winner of the presidential elections by the head of electoral commission, Badru Kiggundu on Saturday  evening, he has won most of the votes from up-country areas more than Kampala. Check also: President Museveni leads count in Uganda elections Below are some twitter comments from different people. https://twitter.com/MabiriziEJ/status/701037600434479106 From ...