Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving the West African nation’s opposition-controlled parliament.

Gunfire in Guinea-Bissau’s capital erupted late Thursday night and continued through Friday morning in what local media reported as clashes between security forces.

Bissau-Guineans are voting in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature.

Tunisia’s president has rejected accusations that he is stoking anti-Black racism.

The president of Guinea-Bissau says calm has returned to the capital of the West African country after prolonged gunfire around the government palace.