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LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s new president is immediately dissolving the board of the state oil company from which billions of dollars is missing. A statement Friday announced the move for the government agency in charge of nearly all aspects of the country’s 200 million barrel-a-day oil industry that is the …

N’DJAMENA, Chad – Residents say two blasts went off in the capital of Chad, killing at least 11 people, including five police. Souleymane Brahim said Monday the first explosion hit N’Djamena early in the morning, followed by a second one. He said gunfire was heard after the explosions. Several residents …

MOSCOW – Russia’s highest court has given the green light to holding next year’s parliamentary vote several months earlier. Lawmakers in the Kremlin-controlled parliament in June gave tentative approval to a bill that would move up next year’s vote by three months, a tactic that has been decried as an …