Bloomberg Ivory Coast should briefly postpone on October 31 elections to settle a dispute over the legal framework of the vote, including the legitimacy of the electoral commission and the voter roll, the International Crisis Group said. With supporters of the ruling party and the opposition heading for a confrontation, talks would “offer an opportunity to get out of the ...

Bloomberg The US asked Zimbabwe to help put down an insurgency in neighbouring Mozambique that’s destabilising a region rich in natural gas, people familiar with the matter said. The request came in a phone call between US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy and Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo last week, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said relations between the US and Greece are the closest they’ve ever been after meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at his home on the island of Crete. “The relationship between our two countries is at an all-time high. It’s getting stronger,” Pompeo said at a press conference on Tuesday following further talks at ...