Bloomberg West African leaders suspended Mali from a regional bloc after military officers wrested control of the country’s government, the second coup in the West African country in nine months. The suspension will remain in force until the nation returns to constitutional rule, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway told reporters in the capital, Accra, following an emergency ...

Bloomberg Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party has urged him to run for vice president in the 2022 elections, charting a possible path for him to stay in a top government post after his term ends next year. Duterte’s political party PDP-Laban passed a resolution that also urges him to choose a presidential candidate, according to the group’s live-streamed assembly. ...

Bloomberg Colombia President Ivan Duque deployed more troops to the city of Cali and the surrounding region after violent clashes that have left at least 14 dead since Friday. More than 1,100 soldiers arrived to ensure the security and mobility of the population, according to a presidential statement. The government added 25 military patrols in areas of the country’s third-largest ...