Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised to end a deadly insurgency by Boko Haram militants, renewing a pledge he made ahead of his 2015 election as he seeks a second term. “There has been a steady improvement in the security situation in the northeast,” Buhari said Monday in a TV broadcast marking Nigeria’s 58th anniversary of independence from British rule. ...

Bloomberg An opponent of the construction of a new US Marine base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa won election as governor, beating a candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition. Denny Tamaki—the son of a US serviceman and a Japanese mother—claimed victory over Atsushi Sakima in the closely watched race. Tamaki opposes a government plan ...

Bloomberg Separatist campaigners targeted Catalonia’s transportation networks in protests held to mark the anniversary of an illegal independence referendum held a year ago. Protesters blocked the AP-7 highway at Vandellos, a town 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the regional capital Barcelona, the Catalan Traffic Service said on its Twitter account Monday. The high speed train service from Figueres to ...