Leadership crisis in Athletic Federation of Nigeria unnecessary – Olusoji Fasuba

Conservative Party lawmakers will hold a vote of no-confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. DW explains what happens next.

The race for a new leader of the Conservative party is already underway after Boris Johnson fired the starting gun by announcing his resignation. But how does the somewhat secretive process work?

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A day after declaring she was "a fighter not a quitter", Liz Truss resigned, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. With the UK now poised to have its fifth leader in six years, we discuss the leadership crisis with political writer, author and leadership specialist Stefan Stern.

Penny Mordaunt has become the first politician to state her intentions to take over from Liz Truss following her brief tenure as British prime minister. But Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson are thought to have more support.

Allies in the Standing Committee back their leader's strict lockdown policy despite damage to the economy. Industrial Guangzhou's 19 million residents have been told to stay home.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is tipped to retain his role as leader of the ruling ANC, but faces a wave of backlash from factions loyal to former president Jacob Zuma. Also in this edition: we speak to the head of the International Organization for Migration in Chad, where 27 people recently lost their lives in the Sahara.

Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.⁣

Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday.⁣

Pakistan's former prime minister and PTI party leader Imran Khan was released on bail on May 12 after being arrested on graft charges. Since then, he says he has been "isolated" at his home, cut off from the senior leadership of his party, while thousands of his supporters have been arrested. "Anyone who supports PTI is either arrested or has gone underground," he told FRANCE 24 from his home in Lahore.

Doctors and private clinics in India are tricking vulnerable women into unnecessary hysterectomies, critics say.

Chinese Hui Muslim activists warn Beijing's campaign to "Sinicize Islam" is curtailing religious freedom across the country and redefining Islam.