ARGENTINA: Ex-leader Cristina Fernandez to go on trial
A judge in Argentina has ruled that the former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, should stand trial on charges of financial mismanagement. Ms
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MAURITANIA: President defies senate to call constitutional referendum
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has said that he will press on with plans to hold a popular referendum despite the parliamentary upper h
AFGHANISTAN: 1,100 Afghan children a day ‘to out of school’
Hundreds of thousands of Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year, leaving them exposed to significant risks, an international aid
UNITED STATES: Democrats vow to block Supreme Court pick
The leading Democrat in the US Senate says he will lead an attempt to block President Donald Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court. Chuck Sch
TANZANIA: Information minister sacked after TV raid probe
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has sacked his information minister, who launched an investigation into a powerful government administrator a