RWANDA: Lightning kills 16 churchgoers
A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an official said. Most o
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S/LEONE: Poll looks set for second round
Sierra Leone’s presidential election results were too close to call after three quarters of the votes had been counted on Sunday, with the two f
COLOMBIA: Ex-FARC rebels face first electoral test
Colombians voted yesterday in an election seen as a test for the country’s former leftist rebel fighters who gave up their arms last year and be
PHILIPPINE: At least 44 militants killed in clash with troops
At least 44 pro-Islamic State militants were killed and 26 more were wounded when Philippine soldiers shelled positions held by the rebels in southern
How Xi Jinping made his power grab: With stealth, speed and guile
Some 200 senior Communist Party officials gathered behind closed doors in January to take up a momentous political decision: whether to abolish presid