Cameroon insurgency drains life from once vibrant towns
A unit of Cameroon’s special forces edged up the winding main road of what used to be a functioning village, past the rusted shell of a burnt-out lorry loaded with smashed beer bottles, past an abandoned church and a shuttered bar.
Ireland says ‘hard to know’ if British backstop proposal will work: Irish Times
It is “hard to know” if the new “backstop” proposal Britain is working on for how to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland would work, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying on Friday.
South African finance minister says he deeply regrets Gupta meetings
South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene apologized on Friday for visiting the home of the Gupta brothers – friends of scandal-plagued former leader Jacob Zuma – as pressure mounts on one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s key allies.
Barnier meets Northern Irish parties, stresses Brexit backstop
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he stressed the need for a binding deal to avoid a disruptive EU border for Northern Ireland when he met leading politicians from the British province on Friday.
EU’s Juncker hopes for Brexit deal in November
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday he was fully focused on making Brexit negotiations a success and hoped for a deal in November.
Russia to summon Dutch ambassador – agencies citing a diplomatic source
Russia is summoning the Dutch ambassador in Moscow, Russian news agencies cited a diplomatic source as saying on Friday.
Airstrike kills four, wounds eight in Afghan wedding convoy
An airstrike by security forces killed four people and wounded eight others who were part of a wedding procession in the southeast province of Kandahar, officials said on Friday.
Brazil front-runner Bolsonaro misses last presidential debate
Brazil’s presidential election race entered its last 48 hours on Friday, with far-right front-runner Jair Bolsonaro recovering from a near-fatal stabbing that kept him out of the final presidential debate on the country’s largest network, TV Globo.
Congolese Mukwege, Iraq’s Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
Juncker hopes for Brexit deal in November
The European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker said he was fully focused on making Brexit negotiations a success and hoped for a deal in November.
