(Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka lamented her poor attitude following a straight sets thrashing by Lesia Tsurenko in the Brisbane International semi-finals on Saturday but the U.S. Open winner said defeat came with a valuable lesson.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Buhari on Friday acknowledged that an electoral commissioner is an extended family member by marriage, but denied claims by the main opposition party that she is a blood relative, ahead of the country's Feb. 16 presidential election.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission accused the country's Catholic Church on Friday of "preparing an insurrection" by saying it knows the winner of last Sunday's presidential election.
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - About 46 people were killed in ethnic clashes in central Burkina Faso this week, the government said on Friday.
OMDURMAN, Sudan (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters chanted anti-government slogans as they left a major mosque following Friday prayers in Omdurman, near Sudan's capital, a day after a prominent figure in President Omar al-Bashir’s party called for him to resign.
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