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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 ...

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. ...

Niger will hold an election on Sunday in which President Mahamadou Issoufou is running for a new term with a vow to crush an Islamist militant threat, but the opposition accuses him of another type of political crackdown against them. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni leads count in Uganda election Issoufou has pledged to modernize security and defense forces in ...

At least 19 people were killed in a double suicide bombing at a market in northeastern Cameroon on Friday, local officials said. Several other people were injured in the attack on the market at Meme at around 0900 (0800 GMT) which was carried out by two female suicide bombers, said the officials, who did not wish to be named. There ...