Bloomberg South African authorities are cracking down on the perpetrators of a series of xenophobic attacks that left at least 12 people dead, Police Minister Bheki Cele said. The police arrested 639 people so far, Cele told reporters in Johannesburg, the nation’s economic hub where unrest flared again a day earlier. He conceded there was “anti-foreign sentiment” within the country. ...

Bloomberg South Sudan’s main rebel leader arrived in the capital, Juba, for talks about a peace deal that was signed last year but whose implementation has been slow. He was accompanied by one of neighbouring Sudan’s most powerful military men. The visit, only the second since rebel chief Riek Machar fled Juba on foot three years ago, is meant to ...

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa said he won’t resign for being at the centre of turmoil over excess compensation, but is ready to take responsibility for scandals involving former chairman Carlos Ghosn and will exit as soon as a successor is found. Following reports that he and other Nissan executives were paid more than they were ...