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Senegal: power struggle between president and prime minister
A political showdown has erupted in Senegal between president Bassirou Diomaye Faye and prime minister Ousmane Sonko, threatening to fracture the alliance that brought them to power. The dispute began when Faye dismissed Aïssatou Mbodj, a…
USA: longest-ever government shutdown finally ends, both sides bruised
The longest US government shutdown in history has ended after 43 tense days, restoring pay for federal workers and reopening critical services. Yet its conclusion has left both political parties bruised. Senate Democrats triggered the shutdown…
Warwickshire: Wall of Answered Prayers is proceeding
More than twenty years after the vision was first received, plans for the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer in Warwickshire are finally moving forward. The 169-foot-high monument, almost three times the size of the Angel of…
India: supreme court rejects accusations of forced conversion
On 17 October India’s supreme court of India rejected a religious conversion case against officials of a noted agricultural university in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, after a protracted legal battle which started in April…
