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An Eritrean former refugee has become New Zeland's first African MP following Labour Party’s biggest victory in 50 years. Ibrahim Omer is now a list MP having ranked 42 in the Labour Party list. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's party won…

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has hit out at the UK for refusing to return control of Chagos Islands to the island nation. Mr Jugnauth described the UK and the US as "hypocrites" and “champions of double talk”. The…

The crest on the cover? The colour of the booklet? Those intricately designed inner pages? There’s a reason for every element of your passport’s aesthetic. Pity the poor passport. Essential though it is for travel abroad, and for…

Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality returned to the streets on Wednesday, saying they were unconvinced by the creation of a new police unit and a pledge not to use violence against demonstrators. Protesters have…

Armed men killed the commander of a military base in western Guinea overnight, the defence minister said on Friday, two days before the West African country votes in a bitterly-disputed presidential election. Defence Minister Mohamed Diané…

Back in the day, getting a tiny butterfly tattoo on your ankle felt like an act of rebellion. These days tattoos are so common hardly anyone would notice it. Tattoo design has long since moved on from the basic catalogue designs to more…

Brazilian Senator Chico Rodrigues was caught in a police raid with money hidden between his buttcheeks on Wednesday, a judicial source briefed on the matter told Reuters, amid an investigation into the misuse of Covid-19 response funding.…

A former Mexican defence minister has been arrested in the US. Gen Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was detained at Los Angeles airport, Mexico's foreign minister announced in a tweet late on Thursday. The Mexican government has…

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have batted away key questions during separate meet-the-voter TV events. Mr Trump, a Republican, declined to disavow a bizarre online conspiracy, while Mr Biden, a…

The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned a recently signed law in Nigeria's Kaduna state that introduced tough penalties for convicted rapists. The law says males convicted of raping a child under the age…