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BRAZZAVILLE – Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has won a new five-year term with over 60 percent of the vote, the interior minister said on Thursday, but the opposition rejected the outcome, alleging fraud and calling for civil disobedience. Check also: Niger’s president Mahamadou Issoufou has been re-elected Residents said Brazzaville, capital of the oil-producing Central African nation where ...

A photo mashup, posted on Facebook, shows 92-year-old Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe posing cozily with singer Rihanna and wearing hip hop garb, including a baseball cap that sits askew above his glasses. Check also: Ex Zimbawean vice president Mujuru forms zpf party to race with Mugabe Prosecutors didn’t think the spoof was funny. A printed screenshot of the image is ...

Poland’s prime minister says his country is no longer prepared to take the 7,000 refugees it agreed to accept in negotiations with the European Union because of the deadly Brussels attacks. Check also: 31 people dead in Brussels terror attacks Poland had planned to admit an initial 400 refugees this year, and the rest would be allowed in over the ...

BRUSSELS — Explosions at the airport and a downtown metro stop rocked the city Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, wounding more than 150 and shutting down all public transportation. Terror alerts rose across Europe, in the U.S. and around the world.[2] Check also: Over 40 People Killed In Twin Suicide Bomb Attacks In Southwestern Somalia Belgium’s federal prosecutor confirmed ...

Michael Jackson’s children will reportedly lose the majority of their £900 million inheritance – after the singer died with debts of over £500 million. The music icon’s children, Prince, 19, Paris 17, and Blanket, 14, were due to inherit the star’s fortune when they turn 30, but tax authorities are believed to be seeking £555 million from Jackson’s estate. Check ...