Reacting to the news that Equatorial Guinea rsquo;s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will propose a draft law to abolish the death penalty, Marie-Evelyne Petrus Barry, Amnesty International West and Central Africa Director said: This presidential announcement is a welcome move and, if the death penalty is abolished in Equatorial Guinea, t ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sought Friday to ease growing concerns about his ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, vowing to prevent debt risks and saying his global infrastructure project is not an exclusive club . Xi made his remarks at a summit on his signature foreign policy, which aims to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia ...

Tens of thousands of protesters converged from all directions on Sudan 39;s army headquarters Thursday after calls for a million-strong demonstration to demand the ruling military council cede power. The day after three council members resigned following talks with protest organisers, demonstrators flocked towards the central Khartoum si ...