As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM

ZIMBABWE’S government has decided to rename the country’s provinces and rid them of colonial names.
This is the latest move by African countries to rid themselves of the yoke placed around their necks by the former colonial rulers through a process of Africanisation.
It follows the renaming of around 25 streets and public squares in the Malian capital, Bamako, that honoured French colonial administrators.

Meanwhile, thousands of reservists refuse to take part in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza