A former US Green Beret who, in 2020, organized a failed crossborder raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested
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Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversity summit
A dissident rebel group has backed down from its threat to disrupt the UN biodiversity summit in Colombia later this year. The Central General Staff
Guinea court finds former dictator guilty in stadium massacre trial
A court in Guinea has found the former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and seven other military commanders guilty of crimes against humanity in a long-awaited
Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72
Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose love ballads and songs about women’s rights were a soothing balm during Nigeria’s rocky 1980s and
Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
The arrest of a journalist for reporting on drug use in the Somali military is the latest incident in an apparent clampdown on critical reporting
Maduro’s exit inevitable, says Venezuela opposition leader, as election protests grow
The opposition leader battling to bring the curtain down on Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime has urged the Venezuelan strongman to accept that his exit from
More than 500 Mexicans flee to Guatemala to escape cartel violence in Chiapas
The Mexican state of Chiapas was once a haven for Guatemalans fleeing genocide at home, but this historical relationship has recently flipped, with hundreds of
Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has claimed it was involved in an ambush that killed fighters from Russia’s Wagner group in the west African nation of
Demonstrators in Nigeria gather days early for anti-government protests
Hundreds of protesters have gathered in central Nigeria days before planned national demonstrations over economic hardship and record inflation. The protesters, many of them young
South Africa’s ANC expels ex-president Zuma for leading rival party in election
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by the African National Congress after he backed a rival political party that helped cost the