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Central Buenos Aires was paralyzed for hours as massive crowds gathered for one of the largest March 24 "Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice" protests in recent years, AFP journalists saw. The normally festive, family friendly event was also joined by major trade unions, as anger rises over...

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on March 22 named Corina Yoris as her successor to take on President Nicolas Maduro in the country's presidential election in July, following the arrest of two of Machado's close aides. With Venezuela's opposition under pressure to pick a candidate to...

Venezuela attorney general Tarek Saab said on March 20 that two people close to opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado had been arrested, prompting Machado to call the charges leveled at her team "completely false." The arrests are set to complicate an already-confused scenario ahead of the July...

At least 65 migrants' bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on social media platform X on March 22. IOM said in a statement the circumstances of the migrants' death and nationalities was unknown "but it is believed...

The United Nations chief has expressed “alarm” at reports that the Myanmar military is bombing civilian areas. Antonio Guterres called for calm late on March 25 following reports that continuing air attacks on villages in the restive country’s Rakhine state have killed dozens. Clashes have rocked...

Senegal woke up on March 26 to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political newcomer who inspired voters, including many unemployed youth, with a vow to fight corruption and reform the economy. Faye, 44, was catapulted into the presidential campaign when he was...

Authorities in Chad have cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, barring two fierce opponents of the military government from standing. Chad’s Constitutional Council announced on March 24 that outspoken opposition figures Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis...

Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip may amount to a “war crime,” the United Nations human rights chief says. The appraisal on March 19 followed the release of a UN-backed report that said famine is likely by May in the besieged Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people...

Thailand’s election body has said it will seek the dissolution of a pro-reform party that won the most votes in last year’s election, saying there is evidence the party “undermines the democratic system with the king as the head of state.” Move Forward came top in last year’s election after...

The number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35 percent in the last three months of 2023 due to intercommunal conflict, the United Nations has said. The UN Mission in South Sudan documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people. In a report released on March 18, it...