Dos Santos anoints deputy Lourenco
Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August’s poll and has announced his likely suc
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Barrow scraps Jammeh’s four-day week
The Gambia’s new president has scrapped the four-day week introduced by his predecessor Yahya Jammeh. In a statement Adama Barrow said that publ
UN condemns ‘devastating’ Rohingya abuse
The UN has accused security forces in Myanmar of committing serious human rights abuses, including gang-rape, savage beatings and child killing. It ma
Civilians killed as violence flares up
At least nine people, including civilians, have been killed in eastern Ukraine as an upsurge in violence between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebel
President’s office block prosecutors’ searches
South Korean officials turned away prosecutors trying to search the president’s mountainside compound, a confrontation that highlights the high