The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will end his tenure on 31 December 2016, bringing to an end a double five-year tenure at the helm of affairs in the world body.
The United States has expelled 35 Russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference in last month's presidential elections, giving them 72 hours to leave the country.
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that troops from the sub-region have been placed on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month.
