U.S. Senator Rand Paul discusses Saudi Arabia, the motion that orders the President to withdraw military support for Saudi involvement in Yemen's civil war, the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the possibility of a government shutdown.

President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio says there is a new awakening in Africa as governments on the continent must further open up markets for intra-African trade.

Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak and Ex-1MDB President Arul Kanda were charged for their alleged roles in tampering with a state audit report into the troubled fund.

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity, and Dave Donabedian, chief investment officer at CIBC Private Wealth, discuss U.S.-China trade talks as President Donald Trump said he would intervene in the Huawei case in order to get a trade deal.

Senator Dino Melaye has released a new song urging Nigerians to Vote against President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019. He alleges that the present administration is responsible for hunger, poverty, others in Nigeria and has a song to this effect.

Diane Rwigara, a high-profile critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, was cleared on Thursday of charges including inciting insurrection and forgery.

Mexico's newly sworn-in president has been hailed as a champion of the poor and criticized as an authoritarian radical. His inauguration marks a dramatic political shift, with voters fed up with corruption and crime.

President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Huawei, two U.S. officials said, in an apparent attempt to stop the incident from impeding crucial trade talks with Beijing.

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) says, "the only way President Muhammadu Buhari can prove he is not cloned is to come home as a true Nigerian leader and sign the 2018 amended Electoral Bill into law.”

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola Robert, on Tuesday closed his defense in the $40m money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Venezuelan president, who views Russia as a strategic ally, is ending his diplomatic efforts this year "with a flourish." The trip comes after Turkey pledged to help Venezuela with its economic crisis.

Former President George H.W. Bush died Friday at the age of 94. Bloomberg reflects on his life and service to the United States of America.