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French lawmakers have backed a bill banning protesters from hiding their faces during demonstrations, reinforcing President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to push back against violent members of the “yellow vest” movement. Protesters wearing masks or covering faces during demonstrations will face one

As the demand for gold increased 74 percent globally in 2018, Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan became the world’s top buyers of gold, a recent report showed. According to the report published by World Gold Council (WGC), the amount of gold bought

Whereas some countries boast up to five former presidents – be they democratically elected or military rulers – others can count none. Most of those without ex-presidents are the countries where we have the sit-tight leaders, those that have held onto

A journalist in the capital Khartoum, Hassan Ahmed Berkia, has reported that state intelligence agency, NISS, today confiscated editions of the popular daily, Al-Watan newspaper. The latest move confirms a long standing government tactic in seeking to suppress the independent media.

Public sector unions gave Zimbabwe’s government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest following this month’s violent protests. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under

The US Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. Among the charges are accusations of bank and wire fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology from

The United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday. “We have continued to expose the corruption of (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro and his cronies and today’s action ensures

It’s election season in Nigeria and a record number of voters were registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which can be interpreted as an indicator of how high the stakes are in the forthcoming Presidential, Senatorial and Legislative elections.