Bloomberg Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, urged citizens to refrain from violence as his government scrambled to deal with the fallout from an attack that left scores of people dead and raised the specter of widespread civil conflict. Extremist insurgencies that have plagued the impoverished West African nation for seven years are increasingly stoking tension between farming communities and groups ...

Bloomberg The US Coast Guard is touting increased operations in the Western Pacific, thousands of miles from American shores, as China’s coast guard and civilian fishing militias increasingly assert the country’s territorial claims. A presence in the South China Sea and elsewhere will help enforce the sovereignty of partner nations in the disputed waters, US Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander ...

Bloomberg Moldova’s newly declared Prime Minister Maia Sandu said her decision to form a parallel government in the former Soviet Republic is perilous and urged the former ruling party still claiming power not to turn the country into a second Venezuela. Speaking from Chisinau, the 47-year-old former World Bank adviser insisted that her administration will be wholly pro-European even though ...