Politics

Bloomberg Insurgents, security forces and a private military company contracted by the government have killed hundreds of civilians in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province, according to Amnesty International. “The people of Cabo Delgado are caught between the Mozambican security forces, the private militia fighting alongside the government and the armed opposition group locally known as ‘al-Shabaab’ — none of which ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s military has asked security forces responsible for deadly attacks on anti-coup protesters over the weekend not to use live ammunition as international condemnation grows. The announcement was made in a broadcast on state-run MRTV after the Southeast Asian nation saw its deadliest day since the February 1 coup, with the United Nations saying at least 18 protesters were ...

Bloomberg Gunmen in Nigeria freed hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last week in the northern state of Zamfara, the police said. “They were released in the early hours of this morning,“ state Commissioner of Police Abutu Yaro said by phone on Tuesday. A total of 279 girls were released, state Governor Bello Matawalle said on BBC Hausa radio. No ransom was ...

Bloomberg Chile’s Constitutional Assembly is shaping up to be far from the radical hotbed some investors had feared, as a split political left increases the odds that fringe candidates will be shut out from the rewrite of the nation’s charter. Parties open to changing the nation’s economic rules failed to coalesce behind one list of candidates for the body that ...

Bloomberg Myanmar saw its deadliest day since the February 1 coup, with the United Nations saying at least 18 protesters were killed in a stark escalation of violence to quell persistent demonstrations against military rule. More than 30 other people were wounded when soldiers and police fired live ammunition into crowds in six cities across Myanmar, UN Human Rights Office ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) ambassadors approved sanctions against four senior Russian law enforcement officials over the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, according to three people familiar with the decision. The restrictive measures are expected to be formally adopted by the bloc’s 27 capitals in a written procedure this week, said one of the people, who asked not to be ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump didn’t formally announce his candidacy for president at the year’s marquee conservative gathering, but inched close enough to effectively freeze the 2024 Republican field and put would-be rivals on notice that he remains both king and kingmaker. The former president’s central argument at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, was that he’s the best candidate ...

Bloomberg Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to finalise the divorce between his Fidesz party and the European Union’s biggest political group after a long feud over democratic norms. The European People’s Party (EPP) is considering tightening rules that govern its membership, making it easier to expel parties that fall short of fundamental freedoms and values. EU leaders will likely ...

Bloomberg Allies of President Nayib Bukele were on track to win a landslide in El Salvador congressional elections, according to a partial vote count. Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party and its allies appeared to have secured about two thirds of votes cast, according to a chart published by the electoral authority more than six hours after polls closed, with 13% of ...

Bloomberg At least five people died as Myanmar’s military government cracked down on protests over the weekend, and escalated non-tolerance for dissent with the ouster of the country’s representative to the United Nations along with the arrests of journalists and hundreds of demonstrators. Police in the city of Dawei in southern Myanmar opened fire into a crowd on Sunday, killing ...