Opinion

During that period, Mother Marie-Agnes and her allies oversaw a system that spied on, bullied, physically abused and even stole money from the women who joined the order, according to its findings published Thursday.

The nation of 100 million people is both a repressive one-party state and a regional economic bright spot, with the party seeking to deliver rapid expansion to underpin its claim to legitimacy.

The Fongoli females are the only documented animals in the world to regularly hunt with tools, fashioning branches into spears for killing smaller primates known as a bush babies.

One year into his second term, US President Donald Trump is shattering the post-World War II order as never before, leaving a world that may be unrecognisable once he is through.

Here are five things to know about the east African nation: