China’s exports and imports fell in May as the economic slowdown abroad started to take its toll, and after a surprise jump driven by increased demand for anti-epidemic supplies, official data showed Sunday. With consumer demand muted and key overseas markets suffering downturns, imports saw their sharpest on-year fall in over four years, even as […]

The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was killed this week by French forces in Mali. Although Abdelmalek Droukdel had a low public profile, he was one of the most powerful Islamist warlords in the region and his death is likely to have an impact on jihadist groups there. Here is a round-up […]

Twenty-six people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday’s attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in the volatile Mopti region, said Aly Barry, an official from Tabital Pulaaku, a Fulani association in Mali. Two other […]

The Kenyan authorities have banned all single-use plastics, such as water bottles and straws, from national parks, beaches, forests, and other protected areas. The start of the ban coincides with World Environment Day and comes three years after Kenya announced one of the world’s strictest bans on plastic bags. Before the Coronavirus outbreak, Kenya hosted […]

Prominent Democratic politicians on Friday embraced the cause of U.S. protesters angered by the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody, adopting their slogans and announcing reforms as tensions remained high in major cities. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has sparred with U.S. President Donald Trump over his sometimes heavy-handed response to the […]