From Nobel hero to driver of war, Ethiopia’s leader faces voters
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‘They told us not to resist’: sexual violence pervades Ethiopia’s war
Grinding civil war accompanied by atrocities including widespread sexual assault targeting women
John Kerry gets climate brief as Joe Biden names new team
Michigan board of canvassers votes to certify the state’s election results
Iowa caucus set to go down to the wire as Democrats remain divided
High-profile supporters descend on the state ahead of party’s first presidential primary
Why tech innovation needs a level playing field
Big firms can use lawyers to protect intellectual property while smaller players go out of business
Trump continues to back Brett Kavanaugh after fresh allegations emerge
New claims prompt Democratic nominees to call for supreme court justice’s impeachment
Pelosi offers partial defence of Biden over ‘inappropriate touching’
House speaker says claims against former US vice-president not ‘disqualifying’ but he should apologise
Trump claims ‘total exoneration’ by Mueller investigation
Attorney general says report found president’s campaign did not collude with Russia
Trump’s state of the union address in doubt over shutdown
Nancy Pelosi tells US president address has never been delivered during a shutdown
Trump’s AG nominee says he would not interfere in Mueller inquiry
William Barr calls the special counsel a ‘good friend’ in evidence to Senate committee
Trump threatens ‘very long shutdown’ amid border wall funding row
Democrats and US president blame each other for crisis as shutdown looms
Democrats back Pelosi for US Congress speaker role
Bill to protect special counsel including Robert Mueller blocked on Senate floor again
Apple boss Tim Cook says tech industry regulation ‘inevitable’
Free market approach not working amid series of data privacy scandals
Stakes raised as Blasey Ford agrees to testify against Kavanaugh
Republicans confident senator will be confirmed for supreme court despite allegations
House of Representatives committee votes to make public Democrat memo
Trump lambasts leading Democrat on House of Representatives intelligence committee
US officials leak fresh Manchester bombing details hours after UK rebuke
Steady drip of details from the US and France hampers British police investigation
Democrats reach magic (but temporary) number to block Neil Gorsuch
Move to change rules, from 60-40 majority to simple majority, could now be invoked
Mugabe wrote the playbook for Trump
Zimbabwe shows how badly things can go wrong when grasping elite has free rein
Lynch’s meeting with Bill Clinton ‘casts shadow’ over email inquiry
US attorney general criticised for ‘social’ encounter while investigating Hillary Clinton
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