DAKAR (AFP) - Rioters killed a policeman late Friday in clashes after Senegal's top court cleared President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a highly disputed third term in office, police said.

DAKAR (AFP) - Senegalese protesters clashed with police on Friday night after the country's top court cleared President Abdoulaye Wade's controversial bid to seek a third term in office, an AFP journalist reported.

DAKAR (AFP) - Senegal's top court on Friday night said President Abdoulaye Wade could seek a highly disputed third term in office but rejected the candidacy of music icon Youssou Ndour.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - European and Arab nations on Friday circulated a new draft resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council calling for backing for an Arab League plan under which President Bashar al-Assad would have to stand down.

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Gunmen seriously wounded two police officers in Kano, northern Nigeria, Friday, where attacks claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram killed 185 people last week, residents said.