Nairobi / AFP South Sudan’s rebel leader issued a call for renewed war with the government this weekend, declaring the collapse of an internationally-backed peace deal. Former vice president Riek Machar is in exile in Khartoum where he fled following fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba in July. In a statement received by AFP on Sunday, Machar said he …

  Nicosia / AFP Cypriot leaders meeting UN chief Ban Ki-moon in New York on Sunday hope to gain a “road map” leading to an agreement by the end of 2016 for reunifying the island, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said. “We expect tomorrow’s meeting to draw up a road map pointing us to the way to the long-expected final resolution” …

  Donald Trump has few supporters in liberal Silicon Valley — even Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member, who spoke for the Republican nominee at the Republican National Convention, hasn’t given a cent to the campaign. Yet the tech world doesn’t unanimously favour Democrats. Consider, for example, the financial support that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has given …