The Gambia’s parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh’s term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days. It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day state of emergency. Senegalese troops have reportedly moved towards The Gambian border ahead of possible intervention to ... Read More »

Already China’s most powerful leader in decades, President Xi Jinping will probably seek to extend his term to more than 10 years, analysts say, the first Communist Party chief to do so since Deng Xiaoping. The ruling party’s leaders have reportedly gathered at their secretive annual Beidaihe retreat on the ... Read More »