Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the US to make major reforms to its immigration policy as thousands of migrants were blocked by police in neighbouring Guatemala.
All 50 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.
Uganda's longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term, in a vote his rival has said was rigged, calling on the country to dismiss the results.