Venezuela’s Maduro shuts down border with Brazil to stop aid

By VOA,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has shut down the country's border with Brazil and threatens to do the same with Colombia to try to stop foreign a...

Brazil , MADURO , Venezuela

Zimbabwe to run out of bread in one week as flour stocks dwindle: millers

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat, according to a confide...

bread , Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe plans new currency as dollar shortage bites

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in the next 12 months, the country’s Finance Minister said, as a shortage of U.S. dollars plunges the financi...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , zimbabwe currency

Zimbabwe churches try to broker dialogue after opposition snubs Mnangagwa talks

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s churches on Thursday sought to broker talks between the government and its opponents over a political and economic crisis they said had l...

Zimbabwe President invites opposition for talks

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, they said, foll...

Opposition , Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe teachers strike patchy as reprisals feared

By Reuters,

Some Zimbabwean teachers stayed at home while others went slow on the job as a strike at state schools got off to a patchy start amid fears of further...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , Robert Mugabe , Zimbabwe , Zimbabwe Teachers Association

Nigeria vice president survives chopper crash weeks before election

By Reuters,

A helicopter carrying Nigeria’s Vice President crash landed on Saturday en route to a political campaign two weeks before an election, but he surviv...

helicopter crash , Muhammadu Buhari , Nigeria , Yemi Osinbajo

US sanctions Venezuela’s state-owned oil company

By VOA,

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Venezuela's state-run oil company, saying it wants to preserve the assets for the Venezuelan people....

US sanctions , Venezuela state owned oil company

Sudan’s Bashir fights for survival as protests spread

By Reuters,

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir does little to hide his contempt for the young men and women who have been protesting for more than a month to deman...

International Criminal Court. , President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad , President Omar-Al-Bashir , Sudan

Sudan’s Bashir fights for survival as protests spread

By Reuters,

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir does little to hide his contempt for the young men and women who have been protesting for more than a month to deman...

Bahsir , fight , protest , Sudan , Survival

Zimbabwe army says ‘bogus’ soldiers behind beatings

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s army said on Thursday soldiers accused of beating residents in townships following protests over fuel price hikes were impostors who tarn...

Alphios Makotore , Human Rights Commission , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Robert Mugabe , Zimbabwe

Qatari emir hosts Bashir, backs ‘unity’ in restive Sudan

By Reuters,

The ruler of Qatar offered support for Sudan’s “unity and stability” on Wednesday at a meeting with President Omar al-Bashir on his first foreig...

Emir Sheikh Tamim , President Omar-Al-Bashir , Qatar , Sudan

Zimbabwe president condemns crackdown, backers raise impeachment fears

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised action on Tuesday in response to a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protester...

Nelson Chamisa , President Cyril Ramaphosa , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

Death toll from Mexico pipeline blast reaches 91, Pemex defends response

By Reuters,

The death toll from a fuel pipeline explosion in central Mexico last week rose to 91 on Monday as Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) defended its response to...

Mexico , Pemex

How Zimbabwe became world’s most expensive place to fuel a car

By CNN,

In the Fall of 2017, Zimbabweans took to the streets in mass protests against a regime that was presiding over a broken economy and collapsing living ...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe crackdown challenged in court, opposition leaders in hiding

By Reuters,

Legal challenges to a brutal clampdown on dissent by Zimbabwe’s government were set in motion on Monday, as fears that the country is veering back t...

Opposition , Pastor Evan Mawarire , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

Death toll rises to 79 in Mexico pipeline blast; new focus on fuel theft

By Citizen Reporter,

A blast at a gasoline pipeline in Mexico that killed at least 79 people has put renewed attention on the government’s strategy to stop fuel theft, w...

Mexico , Pipeline blast

At least 73 people killed, dozens injured in Mexico gasoline pipeline explosion

By CNN,

At least 73 people were killed in central Mexico after a ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded Friday evening, the governor of the State of Hidalgo, Oma...

Explosion , Mexico City , President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Zimbabwe to charge activist pastor with subverting the government

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire appeared in court on Thursday to be charged with subverting the government, punishable by up to 20 years in j...

Activist pastor Evan Mawarire , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

The latest cash crunch behind Zimbabwe’s protests

By Reuters,

Protests against fuel price hikes in Zimbabwe have entered their third day posing a major challenge for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who replaced long...

Zimbabwe's protest