Opposition activists within their parties are calling for Kabila to step down in December when his mandate will be no longer valid. Opponents of the Congolese president have started the protest on Tuesday. Opposition leader Moise Katumb encourages people to stand up against a "constitutional breach" as he termed. In an encounter in the district of Limete in Kinshasa police fired teargas towards hundred protesters. Despite the fact that the government opened a round of talks, opposition is constantly boycotting any attempt of the allegedly peaceful initiative. 

On Tuesday, August 23, Kremlin press service informed that Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande. In this phone call, Putin agreed to meeting at the sidelines the G20 summit, to discuss the issue of Ukraine. This represents a change in stance for Putin, who suggested earlier that he considered such meetings fulite.

More than two and a half years since the annexation of Crimea and its residents are beginning to regret their referendum decision to side with Russia. During the months leading up to the referendum, the people of Crimea found themselves banned together by a renewed sense of nationalism that fueled their fight and fervor; their hopeful future was paved with high expectations of prosperity comparable to the prosperity in Russia. The citizens of Crimea anticipated that their vote to side with Russia would mean they were a part of Russia in every way: culturally, socially, and economically. However, two and a half years later, the promises made by Moscow have remained unfulfilled.

ArcelorMittal South Africa, the continent’s biggest steel producer, provides 61% of South Africa's needs for this metal. An investigation was launched in 2008 by the Competition Commission after raising concerns that the company colluded with its competitors concerning the fixation of prices and allocation of customers. "The company, known as AMSA, admitted guilt on allegations of fixing prices, allocating customers and sharing commercially sensitive information on long-steel products. It also admitted to fixing scrap-metal prices". The settlement is to be paid in five years, and the company also agreed to spend 4.6 billion rands in capital expenditure. Finally "The penalty sends a strong message of deterrence and is an important milestone in the Commission's enforcement against cartels," Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele told.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, in a visit that comes at a critical moment as the U.S. tries to smooth over thorny relations after last month’s failed coup. Mr. Biden, the first senior White House official to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since the takeover attempt, is seeking to blunt accusations from some Turkish officials that the U.S. helped facilitate the uprising by a segment of the Turkish armed forces. He wants to focus on the nations’ strategic alliance on counterterrorism and stability in neighboring Syria, a senior administration official said.

The State Department was directed to assess 14,900 documents it received from the FBI as part of the investigation into Clinton's use of her private email server while she was secretary of state, determine a plan to release the documents and report back to the court September 23. On the 23rd of September a hearing when these emails might be released and a deadline that raises the possibility some will become public before the Nov. 8 presidential election between Democrat Clinton and her Republican rival, Donald Trump.