Venezuela’s ongoing descent into economic and political chaos is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.

The Zambian people turned out in robust numbers to elect veteran opposition politician Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) their next president, enabling him to comfortably clear the threshold required to avert a run-off.

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

To boost the Bretton Woods institutions, and parry challenges from Beijing, Washington should give up the World Bank presidency.