The Bolivia electricity law explained: auctions for new power plants, contracts of 15 years or more, an independent regulator ...

The Kabila armed front replaced the AFC rebel coalition on 12 October. This explainer covers who runs it and what it means for US-backed peace deals.

Colombia security cooperation with Washington faces set dates: an anti-terror bill review on 15 October, a UN vote by 31 ...

Isa Ali Pantami, a computer scientist, cleric and former Nigerian minister, is fighting to get on the Gombe governor list.

Paulo Rocha, a Lula ally who runs Brazil's Amazon development agency, apologised after being accused of assaulting women at a ...

After the Santa Marta escape of 41 detainees, Colombia faces a manhunt, a new police chief and national marches on 14 October ...

Kenya Ebola rules gazetted on 12 October make screening, isolation, quarantine and case reporting legally binding. What they ...

Armando Urtecho of Cohep, the business council, called the leaders of the Honduras doctors' association a cartel on 12 October and urged sanctions.

Guinea's president rode the Simandou train through a nearly 12 km tunnel at Kindia on 12 October, a milestone for the iron ...

Paraguay's government rejected China sanctions on technology minister Gustavo Villate and restated its support for Taiwan, its long-standing ally.

The Honduras medical dispute explained, from who Cohep and the Colegio Médico are to the 1985 pay law and what the clash ...

A court in Barinas freed Machado ally Marlon Maya, a lawyer, on 12 October after an arrest without a warrant. Charges were ...