(Updates deaths, adds mayor quote) DOUALA Jan 28 (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers killed four people at a school in northern Cameroon on Thursday, local officials said, the latest attack in a central African country struggling to contain violence blamed on Boko Haram militants in neighbouring Nige...

(Adds background, more details) DAKAR Feb 23 (Reuters) - Opposition parties in Niger on Tuesday rejected initial results from Sunday's presidential election that showed incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou in the lead, calling them fraudulent. Provisional results from 20 of the West African country's ...

(Adds details) BANGUI Oct 30 (Reuters) - Central African Republic interim President Catherine Samba Panza replaced the defence, public security and justice ministers as part of a cabinet reshuffle less than two months before a general election, state radio said. The decision follows weeks of c...

(Adds quote from interim president, paragraph 4) BANGUI Nov 12 (Reuters) - Political and religious leaders in Central African Republic on Thursday sought to assure the Vatican that the pope would be safe when he visited on Nov. 28-29 as the United Nations also prepared to add troops. Pope Fran...

* Noureddine Adam declared an autonomous state this month * Was second-in-command in rebellion that toppled government * Polls set for Sunday seen as key to restoring peace * Ex-president Bozize backs former PM Dologuele (Recasts with rebel leader supporting elections, writes through) By...