Bloomberg Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim won a confidence vote in parliament, as he looks to prove the coalition he put together after last month’s election can govern effectively following years of political instability. Anwar won the support of the majority of lawmakers in a voice vote, according to Speaker Johari Abdul. The prime minister’s choice for parliamentary speaker earlier ...

  Bloomberg Cyril Ramaphosa comfortably won re-election as head of South Africa’s governing party just weeks after a scandal threatened to derail his political career, and now faces an uphill battle to rebuild its flagging support heading into a national vote in 2024. Rampahosa allies also won most of the African National Congress’s (ANC) other six top party positions, giving ...

  Bloomberg The UK government’s flagship immigration policy plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, London judges ruled. The plan, which involves flying asylum seekers arriving in Britain some 4,000 miles (6,437.4 kilometres) to the African nation to be processed according to Rwandan laws, spurred several legal challenges from human rights campaigners. The government has consistently backed the ...