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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 07:15
About 50 MPs have stormed out of Nigeria's lower house of parliament after a motion to discuss an alleged South African arms deal was blocked.
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 06:30
More than 60 world leaders - plus the world's media - are in the Welsh city of Newport. The reason: a Nato summit which is being described as the most crucial in decades.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 09:20
Guatemala's Prison Service Director Edgar Camargo has been arrested and charged with involvement in a lucrative corruption and extortion scheme.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 08:57
The Ukraine conflict has pushed Nato-Russia relations to a new low, and there are fears that the old Cold War suspicions and hostility are back. Relations have been deteriorating for years, despite some fruitful co-operation in Afghanistan, anti-piracy efforts at sea and shared peacekeeping operations.
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 06:53
The authorities in Brazil say they have dismantled a criminal organisation they believe was the "biggest destroyer" of the Amazon rainforest.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 08:10
Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to close its land borders to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus on to its territory.
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 11:13
Police in Brazil say rioters in a jail in the southern city of Cascavel have killed four fellow inmates and injured several others.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:06
The military in Colombia says it is sending more troops to the eastern province of Arauca, a rebel stronghold, to deal with a recent wave of attacks.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 08:13
Venezuela says it has deployed 17,000 troops along its border with Colombia, which was closed on Monday for the first time as part of an anti-smuggling operation.
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 08:00
An armed gang attacks a jail that held more than 800 inmates in Haiti, freeing an unconfirmed number of prisoners.