Bloomberg Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s pledge to undertake wholesale reform has raised hopes the East African nation is emerging from the turmoil of his late predecessor’s authoritarian rule. Ndayishimiye has spoken of overhauling the economic and political landscape and opening up the landlocked country that was reduced to an international pariah during Pierre Nkurunziza’s 15-year stranglehold on power. Unlike the ...

Bloomberg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering making changes to his cabinet after he meets the ruling party’s leadership, people familiar with the deliberations said. The meeting could be a showdown between the president and his rivals within the African National Congress (ANC), the people said, asking not to be identified as a public statement hasn’t been made. Ramaphosa ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party picked Lee Nak-yon as its new leader on Saturday, paving the way for a possible bid by the former prime minister in the 2022 presidential election. Lee won 60.8% of the total vote in the online election and was followed by four-term lawmaker Kim Bu-gyeom, with 21.4%. The new party leader said in his ...