Kamara in a live broadcast by state media alleged the March 31 run-off poll was marred by "massive ballot stuffing, over-voting" and other electoral irregularities."We are challenging the results," Kamara said."We will be taking appropriate legal steps. We urge all our supporters to stay calm

The family said in a statement that she passed away at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year. "Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against apartheid," the statement said. "She fought valiantly against the apartheid state and

State-run newspaper Akhbar al-Youm said that Sisi, who ran against just one other candidate, won about 22 million votes out of a total of 24 million. Official results are scheduled to be announced on April 2.Different preliminary results indicated about 40% turnout out of 59,078,138 registered voters.His only rival for the presidency, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, was accused by

Personal: Birth date: November 19, 1954Birth place: Cairo, EgyptBirth name: Abdel Fattah Said Hussein Khalil el-SisiFather: Said "Hassan" el-Sisi, bazaar shop ownerMother: Soad Mohamed Marriage: Entissar Amer (1977-present)Children: Mustafa; Mahmoud; Hassan; Aya Education: Egyptian Military Academy, 1977; Attended Egyptian Command and Staff College, 1987; Attended Joint

Vicki Momberg was found guilty in November on four counts of crimen injuria, or the willful injuring of someone's dignity.It's the first time a South African has received prison time for the offense."We've had crimen injuria (cases before), but they have always been coupled by other charges. This is the first for a prison sentence for crimen injuria on its

Aisha Kachalla, 15, was one of the Nigerian schoolgirls released last week after four weeks in Boko Haram captivity. Now reunited with her parents, Aisha told CNN she is scared to go back to school because of the Boko Haram warning. "They told us not to go back to school but read our Quran," Aisha said. Aisha also revealed the conditions they were kept in at the Boko Haram

Accepting the grant, the president of ECOWAS, Jean-Claude Brou, thanked China and confirmed the organization's commitment to promoting future ECOWAS-China cooperation. A press release said that Brou called this a mark of goodwill from China. But critics questioned the Asian economic powerhouse's motives for the donation, which positions it at the center of West

Quoting anonymous sources, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reported Friday that data were transferred over five years from the African Union's Chinese-built headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to its servers in Shanghai. A spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry said the Le Monde report was based on "groundless accusations.""The remarks you

Aisha Kachalla, 15, was one of the Nigerian schoolgirls released last week after four weeks in Boko Haram captivity. Now reunited with her parents, Aisha told CNN she is scared to go back to school because of the Boko Haram warning. "They told us not to go back to school but read our Quran," Aisha said. Aisha also revealed the conditions they were kept in at the Boko Haram

Sisi is running against just one other candidate, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, after several others quit the race. The opposition blames Sisi's government for squeezing potential rivals through what they see as a strategy of intimidation or coercion, but the President says he is not to blame.Detractors have accused Mousa of being a stooge candidate, sanctioned by the regime