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United Nations (UN) investigators say Venezuela's government has "committed egregious violations" amounting to crimes against humanity. Cases of killings, torture,...

Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics' governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87,...

Leaders of ECOWAS met heads of Mali's military in the latest attempt to quicken the transition from military leadership. West...

The Caribbean island's governor-general says "the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind". Barbados has announced its...

The poisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is to return to Russia, his spokeswoman has said. "It's puzzling to me...

Police in Panama say they have detained two Panamanian nationals who were travelling in a car carrying 79 packets of...

Japan's parliament has elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister, following the resignation of Shinzo Abe. After winning...

South Africa's biggest retailers say they have put a pause on selling TRESemmé products following widespread protests over a controversial...

The perfectly preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear have been discovered in the Russian Arctic -- the first example of...

Floods and maize shortages follow coronavirus disruptions that disrupted spring planting. Mal Shehu Ladan took a boat across what was,...