Bloomberg Sudan’s transitional military council announced an end to a curfew and a commitment to hand power to a civilian government within two years, signalling that pro-democracy protests are weakening the army’s grip in the oil-producing African nation. The moves followed the decision of Defense Minister Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf to stand down as the head of the council less ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un elevated the ranks of dozens of military officers in the latest display of his grip on power amid a stalemate in nuclear talks with the US. Kim ordered three people to be promoted to full general and 33 others to major general on Sunday to mark the upcoming birthday of his grandfather and North ...

Bloomberg Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari told an election tribunal the candidate he beat in a February vote was not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and ought not to have even been allowed to run for the office, deepening the rift between the political leaders in the oil-rich west African nation. The allegation against Atiku Abubakar, the opposition candidate of ...