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Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, is announcing an end to his 38 years in power, saying Friday he will not run again in this year’s election. Check also: 7 Longest Serving Leaders In Africa Currently In Power The Portuguese news agency Lusa reported dos Santos’ comments during an address to his ruling Popular Movement for ...

ROME — Drought-ridden Somalia is at risk of a repeat of the famine that killed nearly 260,000 people in 2011 if aid is not stepped up over the next two months, United Nations agencies said Wednesday, calling for more funds. Five million Somalis do not have enough to eat because of a lack of rain that has led to poor harvests ...

For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump is facing significant criticism from Republican officials and conservative groups who are rattled by his ban on immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations, questioning his domestic policy agenda and worrying about what steps the New York billionaire might take next in the name of nationalism. Check also: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Gives Free Accomodation ...

JERUSALEM  – When Benjamin Netanyahu sent a tweet in support of President Donald Trump‘s plan for a wall along the Mexican border, the Israeli prime minister can barely have expected it would be retweeted 40,000 times and cause a backlash at home and abroad. Check also: Iran To Ban All American Citizens From Entry In Response To Trump’s Travel Ban Already ...

Iran is carefully studying US President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and will take legal, political and reciprocal measures accordingly, Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry announced Saturday. Check also: Celebrities Who Said They’d Leave The Country If Trump Wins Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif didn’t specify what those measures would be, but he affirmed in a tweet that anyone ...