AFRICA: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he is returning home from a trade mission to Russia, a week after violent protests over rising fuel costs left at least a dozen people dead and will skip the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
AFRICA: Congo’s constitutional court is poised to rule on a challenge to the presidential election results, but the African Union has requested the government suspend the announcement due to “serious doubts” about the vote.
AMERICAS:Donald Trump has canceled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week due to the government shutdown.
AFRICA: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir dissolved the government and appointed Motazz Moussa as the country’s new prime minister, a ruling party official said.
AMERICAS: Colombian ELN guerrillas said that conditions set by President Ivan Duque to restart peace talks in Cuba aimed at ending their insurgency are “unacceptable.”
ASIA: Taliban insurgents launched multiple attacks on Afghan security forces in Kunduz province, killing at least 37, provincial officials said.