Domingos Simões Pereira is one of the most influential politicians in Guinea-Bissau and the country's leading opposition figure.

A military court in Guinea-Bissau has ordered opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira to remain under house arrest after he was questioned again over allegations that he was involved in attempts to overthrow the country's military government.

A military court in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday ordered opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira to remain under house arrest after he was questioned again over allegations of plotting a coup against the military government, according to his lawyer.

Sudanese security agents arrested the leader of the opposition Communist Party on Wednesday after it organised a protest in the capital Khartoum against rising bread prices, its spokesman said.

SpaceX secured tax incentives on Wednesday for its proposed Terafab chip manufacturing project in Grimes County, Texas, despite ​fierce opposition from residents who warned the development could strain local resources ​and transform the rural community.

Nigerian politician Peter Obi said he would run for president again in January after winning his party's nomination, setting up another contest between incumbent Bola Tinubu ​and a divided opposition.

A court in Ahvaz in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province has sentenced a man identified as Ruhollah Korki to death on charges of cooperation with the exiled opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq Organisation (MEK) and espionage on behalf of Israel, according to reports.

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Kyiv on Monday amid growing Ukrainian warnings about Russian efforts to involve Belarus more directly in the war against Ukraine.

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