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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 05:06
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. The soldiers will go from home to home handing out leaflets on how to avoid the spread of Zika, which has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:47
The opposition candidate in Haiti's presidential election has called the polls "a farce" and threatened to pull out of the second round on Sunday.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:45
The Colombian government and the left-wing Farc rebel movement have both asked the UN for a mission to oversee the end of their decades-long conflict.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:41
Honduras’s president, Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced the launch of a new international anti-corruption body to tackle criminal networks within the country’s political and judicial systems, in an attempt to appease anger over impunity and graft.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 06:35
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a law that imposes tougher sentences on the perpetrators of acid attacks.
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 07:19
At least four people were killed when a missile hit a hospital supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, the aid agency says.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 07:17
Ethiopian security forces have killed at least 140 people taking part in mass anti-government demonstrations since November, activists say, according to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The protests have been sparked by fears that a plan to expand the capital's administrative control into the Oromia region will displace Oromo farmers.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 08:57
Colombia's largest rebel group, the FARC, says it will not sign a final peace agreement with the government by 23 March 2016 as both sides had previously announced.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 08:36
The security forces in Burundi systematically killed dozens of people during violent repression that took place in the capital Bujumbura on 11 December, Amnesty International says.
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 06:29
Negotiators from Yemen's warring sides have agreed to allow the resumption of aid deliveries to the besieged city of Taiz, the UN special envoy has said.