Zambia is expected to soon lift a night travel ban imposed on trucks and public service vehicles on the country's roads.

The ban was originally introduced in November 2016, in effect between 21H00 and 17H00, to reduce high rates of traffic accidents.

Russia's Ambassador to Namibia, Dmitry Lobach, visited the Venezuelan Embassy today to sign a book of condolences honouring Venezuelans and Cubans killed in the January 3 attack and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

The extraordinary meeting of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Ministers of Defense has elected Brigadier General Charles Nakeempa of Zambia as the Commander of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The UN Security Council has unanimously called for restraint and de-escalation amid US threats of further military action in Latin America.

Venezuela's interim President, Delcy Rodríguez, says the country has the right to peace, development, sovereignty and a future.

U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has threatened to strip Democratic Senator and military veteran Mark Kelly of his Navy captain rank and cut his military retirement pay over remarks made in a widely circulated video.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a U.S. court following his capture and transfer to the United States. 

Renowned Pan-Africanist Patrick Lumumba says the United States' foreign policy is increasingly displaying contradictions that reflect a power struggling to define its role in a changing global order. 

The United Nations Security Council is set to convene an emergency session today (Monday) to discuss the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the subsequent kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

The Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, says the Latin American country has the right to peace, development, sovereignty, and a future.