BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it had proposed a new initiative to head off an escalation of violence in Syria, including a phased, region-by-region ceasefire and the establishment of a transitional governing body. The plan, proposed on Wednesday to Lakhdar Brahimi, the visiting United Nations-Arab League joint peace envoy on Syria, "is an extension of China's effort to push for a political resolution of the Syrian issue", a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. … Amnesty: Nigeria denies rights to sect suspects
A human rights group has warned that Nigeria is illegally holding hundreds of people suspected of participation in violence by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. They are allegedly held in inhumane conditions without access to lawyers.
Zimbabwe PM settles out of court with ex-lover
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvang irai has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former lover to end a messy maintenance case that was damaging his reputation ahead of elections expected next year, a lawyer said on Thursday. Locardia Karimatsenga had been demanding $15,000 a month in upkeep from Tsvangirai. Her claim was strengthened in September when a court stopped Tsvangirai from marrying another woman by ruling he was married to Karimatsenga under traditional law. … 
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