‘We felt free’: Cubans remain defiant in face of protest crackdown
The unspoken rule in Cuba has long been: do not speak out.
Even during the island’s dire food shortages, most Cubans have coped with characteristic...
Afghanistan: Qatar and Turkey become Taliban’s lifeline to the outside world
The Taliban’s celebratory gunfire crackled over Kabul as the West pulled out this week. But militancy alone is likely to leave the Taliban on...
Haiti earthquake: The forgotten villages cut off from help
The prettily named village of Marceline is 30 minutes’ drive north of Les Cayes.
Before the earthquake hit it had two churches - Catholic and...
Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangle
Defence ministers from the G5 Sahel countries - Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger - are planning more joint military operations and greater...
Analyzing SON war against fake products
By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
Recently, at a parley with journalists in Abuja, the Director General of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Malam Farouk Salim,...
