Merkel backs partial ban on full-face veil
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in the country “wherever it is legally possi
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Trump threatens to cancel orders for new presidential planes
US President-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to cancel the planned purchase of new presidential planes because of cost overruns. "Boeing is
Teachers, lawyers strike in battle for English
Thousands of teachers and lawyers in English-speaking regions of Cameroon are on strike, because they think the government is trying to marginal
Nairobi striking doctors tear-gassed
Police have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of doctors striking in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The medics, wearing white gowns and surgical
Opposition leader, Darboe freed on bail
A Gambian opposition leader, who had been thrown in jail for taking part in a protest, has been released on bail. Ousainou Darboe has been freed