Thousands demand justice for slain protesters in Sudan
Thousands of Sudanese protested outside the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday, calling for the appointment of senior judicial officials and justice for demonstrators killed since December.
Mugabe’s family says burial to be private, in snub to successor
Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be buried at a private ceremony at a date still to be decided, his family said on Thursday, in an embarrassment for his successor who wants him interred at a national shrine on Sunday.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes to return to work on Friday after surgery: spokesman
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, currently in hospital recovering from a hernia operation, hopes to resume presidential duties on Friday, his spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said on Thursday.
‘Climate killer’ protester rushes Merkel’s stage at Frankfurt car show
A climate change protester was bundled away by security staff on Thursday after he tried to rush across a stage where German Chancellor Angela Merkel was inspecting a new electric vehicle at Frankfurt’s IAA car show.
Climate activists ready to risk arrest but not passengers’ lives in Heathrow protest
Climate activists planning to disrupt London’s Heathrow airport with toy drones said as they practised on Thursday that they would not fly them when planes were in the air and were prepared to be arrested.
Mexico rejects Supreme Court ruling on migration, wants no tensions with U.S.
Mexico’s government on Thursday said it disagreed with a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which granted a request by the Trump administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Sudan prime minister visits South Sudan to back new peace roadmap with rebels
Sudan’s new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok flew to South Sudan on Thursday on a two-day visit to cement a new plan for peace talks with many of the rebel groups fighting against the government, brokered the previous day by Sudan’s southern neighbor.
Tanzanian leader sacks spy chief ahead of polls
Tanzanian president John Magufuli has sacked the head of the country’s intelligence service, the presidency said on Thursday, a move seen as indicating a shake-up of the intelligence network ahead of elections next year.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hoping to resume presidential duties on Friday: spokesman
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, currently in hospital following surgery this week, hopes to resume presidential duties on Friday, his spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said on Thursday.
Luxembourg PM sees no grounds for Brexit extension for now
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Thursday that there were currently no grounds for the bloc to agree to delay Brexit again should Britain request an extension.
