Politics

Bloomberg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gained the upper hand in a power struggle in the nation’s deeply divided ruling party after surviving a bid to force him out of office, clearing the way for him to overhaul his cabinet. The ouster attempt was made during a three-day meeting of the African National Congress’s (ANC) top leadership, according to two ...

Bloomberg Montenegro’s ruling party won the most votes in the elections but results suggested it may have to cede power to opposition parties vowing to unite against Europe’s most enduring leader, President Milo Djukanovic. The tight contest made it unclear who will lead the next government in a country that’s embroiled in the battle for influence in the Balkans between ...

Bloomberg Police clashed with far-right protesters in Berlin and made about 200 arrests after tens of thousands of people rallied mostly peacefully against German restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic. An estimated 38,000 people took part in at least two rallies near key federal government buildings, according to broadcaster ARD. Later, violence erupted between law enforcement and about 3,000 far-right ...

Bloomberg Democrats lambasted a decision by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to no longer provide lawmakers with in-person, verbal briefings on election security ahead of November’s vote, which President Donald Trump said came after “leaks.” “This is a shocking abdication of its lawful responsibility to keep the Congress currently informed, and a betrayal of the public’s ...

Bloomberg India has pulled out of a multilateral military exercise hosted by Russia next month, citing the coronavirus pandemic. A defense ministry statement said that India had decided not to send a contingent to the Kavkaz-2020 event in Russia “in view of pandemic and consequent difficulties in exercise.” Around 20 nations are expected to participate in the exercise, which is ...

Bloomberg The European Union called for new elections to be held in Belarus, just as President Alexander Lukashenko makes plans to travel to Moscow in the coming weeks to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, wrote in Journal du Dimanche that a new ballot is needed, with the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...

Bloomberg The military coup in Mali raised alarm across West Africa, a region under threat for years from extremists that can ill afford more instability. Yet at home, it’s largely seen as a harbinger of progress. Weeks of public unrest and the final ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was the culmination of anxiety over his failure to steer the ...

Bloomberg When students at an elite university in Berlin charged the school with condoning racist attitudes, the administration had no formal procedures in place to deal with the spat. Even its diversity czar said it was out of her hands. The dispute at the Hertie School — one of Germany’s top training grounds for civil servants — was sparked by ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump offered praise for outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and both leaders may speak by phone next week. Abe is arranging to talk with Trump on Monday, and plans to convey directly his plans to step down as prime minister as well as stress the importance of the US-Japan alliance under a new leader, Kyodo ...

Bloomberg Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s pledge to undertake wholesale reform has raised hopes the East African nation is emerging from the turmoil of his late predecessor’s authoritarian rule. Ndayishimiye has spoken of overhauling the economic and political landscape and opening up the landlocked country that was reduced to an international pariah during Pierre Nkurunziza’s 15-year stranglehold on power. Unlike the ...