AFRICA• Tanzanian president John Magufuli bans miniskirts, arguing that they encourage the spread of HIV/Aids.• Gabon recalls its ambassador to Paris after France’s prime minister questioned the legitimacy of Ali Bongo’s election in 2009.• Members of Libya’s proposed national unity government are named under a UN-brokered deal to unite warring factions.• The Democratic Republic of Congo fails to free warlord Germain Katanga at the end of his ICC-imposed jail term as it is investigating him for other offences.• Amnesty says Apple, Samsung and Sony failed to ensure minerals used in gadgets are not mined by children in the DRC.ABROAD• Venezuela imposes a 60-day economic emergency, which includes tax increases and emergency measures to pay for welfare services and food imports.• Britain’s parliament holds a debate over a petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from entering the country.• North Korea drops about 1m propaganda leaflets attached to helium balloons over South Korea.•...
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