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At least three people died in detention centres housing thousands of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia, rights group Amnesty International says. The migrants were facing "unimaginable cruelty" - including being chained together in…

The electoral authorities in Kyrgyzstan have annulled the results of parliamentary elections following violent protests. Demonstrators broke into parliament overnight and clashed with police, demanding a new vote be held. Hundreds…

The EU's top court on Tuesday ruled that a Hungarian law that forced the relocation of Central European University out of the country was not in line with EU law. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against PM Viktor Orban's…

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has backtracked on his campaign promise to create one million jobs, saying the government can only employ 200,000 people. President Chakwera said the government could not create jobs on its own and…

The state capture commission of inquiry on Monday heard how former president Jacob Zuma wanted an inquiry into the affairs at Eskom in 2015, leading to the suspension — without charge — of four executives. But it was the SAA…

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has become the latest Republican to test positive for the coronavirus. In a Twitter post she wrote: "After testing negatively consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive…

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party will, in the next few weeks, table in parliament the Patriot Bill, a law that will criminalise communicating with foreign embassies without government clearance. The bill also criminalises openly…

The US government has termed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali "an initial step toward a return to democracy". The US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus urged the transitional government to honour the promise…

Kuwait has sworn in its new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, to receive the body of his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah who died in the United States at the age of 91. The body of Sheikh Sabah,…

The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case which challenged the Constitutional Amendment Bill, removing the age limit to contesting the presidency in Uganda. This means President Yoweri Museveni is allowed to stand for…