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Ugandan charges opposition chief with inciting violence

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and four senior politicians were charged Monday with inciting violence…

Tambuwal: Court restrains PDP from reconvening House of Reps

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a federal high court in Abuja has…

Thai junta wants media blackout for ex-premier

Thailand's junta leader on Monday threatened to tighten controls of the media unless they stop…

Rampant Boko Haram: Bomb in Potiskum, prison break in Lokoja, control of Mubi,

*News Analysis by Aminu ABUBAKAR/Kano, with Ben SIMON in Lagos A suicide bombing at a…

Boko Haram: 15 dead, 50 wounded in Shiite muslim bombing

It was a suicide bomber at work in the attack earlier today of a gathering…

Turkey's President Erdogan arrests man for smoking in cafe

When he became Turkey's head of state in August after over a decade as prime…

132 inmates missing from bombed Nigerian prison

State government officials in Nigeria's central state of Kogi have declared 132 prisoners missing after…

DR Congo town set for funerals after days of massacres

Families prepared Monday to bury their dead in the flashpoint town of Beni in the…

Burkina Faso's Zida promises consensus leader for transition

The head of Burkina Faso's military junta promised to deliver a "consensus" leader Monday in…

Tambuwal, APC seek court's shield from 'PDP plots'

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and his new party, All Progressives…