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Myanmar’s military government announced Thursday it was ending the state of emergency it first declared after seizing power 4 1/2 years ago and restructuring its administrative bodies to prepare for a new election at the end of the year. The plans for the polls on an unspecified date in December...

The decision of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara to run for a fourth term risks a return to a past era of “old guard dictator rule” in a region where democracy is increasingly being challenged, warned Ibrahim Anoba, an Africa affairs analyst at the Atlas Network. While Ouattara, 83, said...

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power...

France and 14 other countries have co-signed a declaration that suggests a wave of future recognitions of an independent Palestinian state could take place in the coming months. The signatories include Andorra, Australia, Canada, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, and San Marino, each of...

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law in St. Lucia that criminalized gay sex in a ruling Tuesday celebrated by activists in the largely conservative region. The court found that the island’s so-called buggery and gross indecency laws were unconstitutional. Raise Your...

The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows the U.N. to bring in aid and takes other steps toward long-term peace, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday. Starmer, who is under mounting domestic pressure over the issue as scenes of...

A notorious paramilitary group and its allies in Sudan have formed a parallel government in areas under the group’s control, which are mainly in the western region of Darfur where allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity are being investigated. The move, which was announced Saturday...

Cameroon’s electoral commission rejected the candidacy of Maurice Kamto in the upcoming presidential election, fueling fears of unrest and increasing the likelihood of another Biya victory. Kamto, a former government minister, is seen as the main challenger to long-serving President Paul Biya. The...

A labor rights group in El Salvador on Thursday asked the country’s Supreme Court to strike down a contentious “foreign agents” law promoted by President Nayib Bukele, which critics have said is intended to silence dissent. The law, passed in May, imposes a 30% tax on funds or donations received...

The Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi is accused of “facilitation of terrorist acts” during protests that rocked the country last month, investigators said on Sunday, a day after he was arrested. At least 19 people were killed during the 25 June demonstration against President William Ruto’s...