Bloomberg Boris Johnson sent the letter to Brussels he never wanted to send. Bound by a law passed by opposition Members of Parliament, he formally asked the European Union to delay Brexit until January 31, but made it clear he’d rather there was no extension. European Council President Donald Tusk said he’ll start consulting EU leaders on how to react, ...

Bloomberg The finance ministers of Kenya and Somalia insist that a maritime-border dispute between the two nations won’t stop the cross-border flow of humanitarian aid and trade. The dispute about ownership of a 150,000 square-kilometre (58,000 square-mile) area off their Indian Ocean coastline has not caused any hostility between the two nations, Somalia Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh and Kenya’s ...

Bloomberg Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), saw his hold on the party slip as his predecessor Helen Zille was elected head of the party’s Federal Council. Maimane has come under pressure to quit as leader of the DA after the party’s share of the vote shrank to 20.8% in May elections from 22.2% ...