Indonesian Christians welcome the newly-elected president and hope for an end to discrimination
The country’s elections took place on 17 April with 190 million voters casting their ballots to elect a new president,
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Barack Obama: ‘You don’t need eight women around you twerking’
Former US President Barack Obama offered some advice on self-confidence for young men at an event for his foundation in
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Sierra Leone has a national cleaning day once a month
A new campaign introduced by the country’s president, has called on people to get out on the streets and clean
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Sarah Sanders says ‘God wanted Trump to be president’
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has told a religious television network that God “wanted Donald Trump to become president”.
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Historic day as Tshisekedi is sworn in as DR Congo president
The new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, has been sworn into office. He told supporters at
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Nigeria ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on ‘Obama interference’ in 2015 election bid
Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the US administration under Barack Obama of undermining his failed re-election bid in
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South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela remembered five years on
South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died exactly five years ago, on December 5 in Johannesburg,
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Michelle Obama talks politics, family and the important role her mum played in their time at the White House. Watch
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Michelle Obama reveals daughters were conceived by IVF
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has released a memoir in which she reveals difficulties about her marriage and pregnancy with
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Ayanna Pressley was elected as Massachusetts’ first black congresswoman.
Democrat20 won her House race in Massachusetts’ 7th District on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first black woman elected to Congress. Pressley, 44,
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Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female president
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat
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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya wins seventh term
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has won a seventh term in office in polls marred by low turnout and voter intimidation.
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Trump: US to begin cutting foreign aid over migrant caravan
President Donald Trump has said the US will “begin cutting off” foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over
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First Worldwide President from outside Of Britain Elected At Mother’s Union
Mothers’ Union has made history this week in electing its first ever Worldwide President from outside the British Isles. A
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Modern Slavery costs billions annually
New research from the Home Office has revealed the cost of modern slavery in the UK could be as high
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