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Cambodia PM Hun Sen's son becomes four-star general
News, AFP, Published on 23/04/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian leader Hun Sen's eldest son has officially been promoted to the rank of four-star general, in another sign of plans for him to succeed his father.
Voting for S.Africa's ruling party leader to get underway
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - Voting to elect a new leader of South Africa's ruling party was to get underway late Sunday afternoon, with the race tightening between President Cyril Ramaphosa and his former health minister Zweli Mkhize.
Voting for S.Africa's ruling party leader to get underway
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» JOHANNESBURG - Voting to elect a new leader of South Africa's ruling party was to get underway on Sunday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa squaring off against his former health minister Zweli Mkhize.
Angola bids solemn farewell to ex-strongman dos Santos
AFP, Published on 28/08/2022
» LUANDA - Angolans and world leaders gathered on Sunday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism.
Kazakhs back sweeping reforms to end strongman's era
AFP, Published on 06/06/2022
» NUR-SULTAN (KAZAKHSTAN): Kazakhs overwhelmingly voted for sweeping constitutional changes in a referendum that marks the end of founding leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's three-decade grip on Central Asia's richest country, authorities announced Monday.
Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90
AFP, Published on 26/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG: South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, described as the country's moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Australia lists Hezbollah as 'terrorist organisation'
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia on Wednesday listed all of Hezbollah as a "terrorist organisation", extending a ban on armed factions to the entire movement, which wields considerable power over Lebanon.
South Africa's 'moral compass' Tutu feted on his 90th birthday
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» CAPE TOWN - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and a man dubbed the "moral compass of the nation," marked his 90th birthday Thursday with a rare public appearance.
South Sudan's VP Machar deposed by party: rival leaders
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» JUBA - South Sudan's vice president Riek Machar has been ousted as head of his party and its armed forces, say rival leaders who accused the rebel-turned-politician of no longer representing their interests.
International anger grows as Nicaragua's Ortega rounds up rivals
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» MANAGUA - With five opposition presidential challengers now in detention, Nicaragua's long-serving leader Daniel Ortega is clearing domestic obstacles to a fourth successive term but lining up considerable international resistance.