Bloomberg The Nigerian government rejected a leaked report’s findings that its security forces shot and killed unarmed protesters in Lagos last year. The unsigned report by a panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos state government, which began circulating, said 11 civilians died on October 20, 2020, after soldiers and police officers opened fire. The document said the events ...

Bloomberg A top German diplomat urged the UK to honour the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, and warned that the dispute over the issue is “not a game” as European Union ministers rallied behind the bloc’s chief negotiator. “Dear friends in London and in Britain, please come to your senses,” Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Roth said in Brussels during a meeting ...

Bloomberg On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit last month, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned her likely successor that the coronavirus pandemic might require tougher curbs. But Olaf Scholz brushed aside the proposal, and Germany is now paying the price. At the Rome meeting in late October, where Merkel introduced Scholz to other world leaders, she proposed convening the ...