Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo takes the US effort to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), part of a broader international campaign to pressure and replace President Nicolas Maduro. The emergency session of the Security Council was called for by the US. With Venezuela’s competing leaders — Guaido heads the National ...

Bloomberg Greece gave NATO and the European Union a boost in the volatile Balkans by ending an almost three-decade dispute over a word: Macedonia. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Greek lawmakers for backing a deal that clears the way for the newly-named Republic of North Macedonia to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the EU. Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen just weeks before what’s set to be a tight presidential vote, in a move the main opposition party condemned as an “act of dictatorship.” Buhari, 76, appointed Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad in an acting capacity, he said in a statement. Onnoghen was put on trial by the Abuja-based Code of Conduct ...