Acting mostly with approval from the Republican-led Congress, President Trump clawed back money it had approved for initiatives that enjoyed strong backing from members of both parties.

Joseph Kabila, the former president, faces the death penalty after the government convicted him of treason last year. He says the charges are bogus.

Cutting short his five-year term amid the scarring conflict, he was perhaps a first: an Algerian leader who left without being forced out or dying in office.

Global shipping companies looking for safer routes are turning to the Cape of Good Hope, a much longer, more expensive journey.