Bloomberg Sudan’s transitional government ratified a long-awaited deal with rebels that promises to end years of war in the western region of Darfur and two southern border states. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, the president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, signed the pact with the Sudanese Revolutionary Front in neighbouring South Sudan on Saturday, formalising an agreement made in August. Under the deal, ...

Bloomberg New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has voted two weeks before election day as part of a strategy to encourage people to cast their ballots in advance. Early voting began on Saturday at 450 locations across the nation, ahead of the October 17 election day. The Electoral Commission has estimated as many as 60% of votes could be cast early, ...

Bloomberg India’s coronavirus death toll passed the 100,000 mark on Saturday, a milestone reached only by the US and Brazil. The South Asian nation’s total number of positive cases is 6.47 million and the death toll from the virus is 100,842, according to the health ministry. India may overtake the US in the coming weeks to become the world’s worst-affected ...