During the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the west African part of the continent had a poor reputation. Time was when the most exclusive club in the world was the African heads of state club. But not today, with so many West African presidents being former opposition leaders themselves. A few years ago, Mr Jammeh might have been able to bluff his way through it and hold onto power. It would appear from the joint statement issued by the UN, AU and Ecowas that Mr Jammeh was promised immunity from prosecution in return for leaving.

Making decisions, and investing, on bad assumptions is simply bad leadership. President Trump has "whipped up" a lot of popular anxiety with his claims about illegal Mexican immigrants and the need to build a border wall. Most border crossing illegal immigrants today are minors from Central America simply trying to stay alive. Most illegal immigrants are people from advanced countries, often with an education, who overstay their visa limits. The stated claim is Mexico is sending illegal immigrants across the border in droves.

"Both President Trump and President Putin are hopeful that after today`s call the two sides can move quickly to tackle terrorism and other important issues of mutual concern. Neither the White House nor the Kremlin mentioned a discussion of sanctions in their statements about the roughly hour-long call. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks by phone with Russia`s President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. A White House statement said he and Merkel agreed NATO must be capable of confronting "21rst century threats. "The positive call was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair," the White House said.

It is offering those employees legal support regarding immigration. ? Brian Chesky (@bchesky) January 28, 2017Uber told CNBC that it had 12 employees affected by the order, and is offering legal support. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a memo to employees that nearly 200 employees abroad would be affected by the move. Our HR, Legal and Security teams are in contact with them, and Apple will do everything we can to support them. In an internal memo obtained by CNBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees, "There are employees at Apple who are directly affected by yesterday`s immigration order.

The group, which brings together France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, was reminded this week of their economic vulnerabilities as bond yields surged to one-year highs in Italy, Portugal and France. LISBON Southern European leaders meet on Saturday in Lisbon to discuss growing challenges, from the refugee crisis to rising borrowing costs and low economic growth, at a time when rising populism has increased political uncertainty in Europe. Greece, Italy and Portugal have the biggest debt loads in Europe. At the first meeting of the group in September in Athens, the group called for European measures to boost flagging growth. "But there will be little progress on these issues because of elections in France and probably Italy," he said.

President Raul Castro expressed Cuba`s willingness to continue negotiations with President Donald Trump`s new administration but warned that his country would not concede any of its sovereignty. He said Cuba was willing to continue normalizing relations with Washington but his country would not "make concessions inherent to its independence and sovereignty" to achieve this. "Cuba and the United States can cooperate and live together in a civilized manner," Castro said Wednesday in a speech at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. The leaders veered off the expected script for the summit after Trump signed executive actions calling for construction of a border wall and stripping support for so-called sanctuary cities. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa called upon everyone to "assume a clear position in defense of migrants, not only from Latin America and the Caribbean, but the entire world.