Bloomberg With doubts growing that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term because of lingering health issues, cracks are emerging in the ruling All Progressives Congress as key politicians jostle to succeed him. Women Affairs Minister Aisha Alhassan appeared in an online video last week declaring support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to become leader in 2019, …

Bloomberg Norwegians started voting in what could be the closest parliamentary election in almost 20 years with Prime Minister Erna Solberg seeking to make history after spending a record amount of the country’s oil riches. After saving the economy from a recession, with part of the cash coming from the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Solberg and her coalition hope …

Bloomberg Catalonia’s separatist leaders are seeking a show of force from their supporters as they advance toward an illegal referendum on independence. The movement will stage its annual demonstrations on Catalan National Day, a holiday in the region, with parades along four of the main avenues in Barcelona as well as speeches and concerts. More than 390,000 people had registered …