Georgia's ruling party will ask the Constitutional Court to ban the three largest opposition parties, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in what would mark a sharp escalation in the drift towards authoritarian rule in the EU candidate nation.

Imprisoned Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu said he’s been placed in isolation as the country prepares to hold an election from which opponents of President Samia Suluhu Hassan have been barred.

Coastal Republicans in the past have mounted stiff opposition to drilling off their coastlines, especially in states like Florida and South Carolina, where tourism is a major draw. Opposition only grew after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, which spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf.

A Turkish court issued a fresh arrest order for Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Monday on suspicion of "political espionage", marking a new stage in an unprecedented crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's opponents.

President Paul Biya, 92 years old and in power since 1982, is re-elected as president for an eighth term in Cameroon with 53.66% of the votes, result rejected by rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary,