Bloomberg Ghanaian opposition leader John Mahama accused the ruling party of using the military to alter the results of the election. The government denied the allegation. Claims of election rigging are unusual in Ghana, Africa’s top gold producer and one of the continent’s most stable democracies. In the last vote in 2016, Mahama conceded defeat to President Nana Akufo-Addo before ...

Bloomberg Poland and Hungary have agreed on a compromise with Germany to unblock the European Union’s $2.2 trillion budget and pandemic stimulus plan, a senior government official in Warsaw said. The compromise would end a standoff that saw Budapest and Warsaw threaten to torpedo the EU’s 750 billion-euro ($909 billion) pandemic aid fund and the 2021-2027 budget over objections to ...

Bloomberg Global stocks climbed towards another record high as hopes for a US stimulus deal countered concern about a surge in coronavirus cases. Treasuries slipped with the dollar. Cyclical banking and energy firms led European shares higher at the opening, after equities rose in much the Asia Pacific. Britain’s pound rallied as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to ...