Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling a mounting backlash over his attempt to protect a Conservative lawmaker found to have broken lobbying rules, with Parliament set to hold an emergency debate. Johnson was forced to perform a U-turn following widespread condemnation — including from fellow Tories — of his decision to try to tear up Parliament rules rather ...

Bloomberg The African Union’s special envoy held talks with a top Tigray official on the civil war engulfing Ethiopia. The discussions, which took place at an undisclosed location, were “fruitful,” Tigray People’s Liberation Front official Getachew Reda said on Twitter. African Union Special Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president, travelled to Ethiopia last week to help mediate an end ...

Bloomberg Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega is on course for a landslide in Sunday’s presidential election after he jailed his main opponents. With nearly half of ballots tallied, the 75-year-old former guerrilla had 75% of the votes, according to a partial count by the electoral authority published in state-run-newspaper El 19. The US, the European Parliament and Human Rights Watch have ...