BEIRUT / Reuters Lebanon’s president stressed that stability is “a red line” after the prime minister’s shock resignation, Justice Minister Salim Jreissati said on Monday after meeting the president. Saudi King Salman received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Riyadh on Monday, two days after he quit, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported. In a televised speech, Hariri had said he feared …

Bloomberg Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signaled a worsening split in his ruling party ahead of elections next year by announcing he’s prepared to fire his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe issued the threat at a rally in the southern African nation’s second biggest city, Bulawayo, a day before his wife Grace announced she’s prepared to succeed the president, who’s ruled Zimbabwe …

Bloomberg The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold delayed presidential elections on December 23, 2018, the electoral commission said, a year later than opponents of President Joseph Kabila have demanded. National and provincial parliamentary polls will take place on the same date, Independent Electoral Commission Rapporteur Jean-Pierre Kalamba told reporters in the capital, Kinshasa. A series of other votes including …