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Putin says will not change constitution to cling to power

MOSCOW (AFP)-  Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is expected to be reelected for a fourth term in an upcoming ballot, said Saturday he had no plans to change the constitution to stay in the Kremlin beyond 2024. Asked by the US television network NBC whether he would follow in...

At least 5 killed in central Nigeria: police

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in central Nigeria's Plateau state, police said Saturday, in the latest violence linked to tensions over grazing rights. Thursday's attack happened just as President Muhammadu Buhari was rounding up a tour of Plateau and...

ECOWAS lauds Sierra Leone polls amid vote count

Election observers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday hailed the conduct of the March 7 presidential, parliamentary and local council polls in Sierra Leone. In a statement, the bloc -- comprising 70 observers led by Liberia’s former interim...

Trump accepts N. Korean leader's invitation for talks

President Donald Trump has accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet for de-nuclearization talks, South Korea's national security advisor confirmed Thursday. Chung Eui-Yiong told reporters during brief remarks at the White House that Trump has agreed to meet Kim by...