US authorities have charged a New York police officer with espionage, accusing him of gathering information about the city’s Tibetan community for the Chinese government. The officer, who worked at a station in the Queens section of the city, was directed by members of the Chinese consulate in New York, according to the indictment released […]

Dubbed “the big one” for his imposing height, Mali’s future interim president Bah Ndaw has served dictators and presidents alike throughout his long military career. Officials appointed by the Sahel state’s ruling junta hauled him out of retirement on Monday by naming him leader of a new transitional government. The move came after West African […]

Kenya’s chief public prosecutor, Noordin Haji, has ordered a probe into $71 million in “irregular procurement” linked to the coronavirus by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Hard-pressed Kenyan hospital staff have staged strikes to highlight what they say are scandalous practices by the authority, which purchases medication and equipment for the nation’s public hospitals. […]

Harassed and placed under investigation by religious authorities — activist Maryam Lee is a highly controversial figure in Malaysia.  Her crime? Speaking out about her decision to stop wearing the hijab and criticising what she sees as institutional patriarchy in Islam. Most in Muslim-majority Malaysia follow a moderate form of the religion and wearing a […]

Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Sunday announced the return of professional football as part of a loosening of restrictions following a fall in the number of coronavirus cases. But the West African country’s land and sea borders remain closed, and its beaches, bars, cinemas and night clubs will also stay shut for the time being, […]