In early June, jihadist militants in Burkina Faso raided homes and the local market in Solhan, a village close to the border with Niger. By sunrise, they had killed at least 160 civilians in what local officials said was the country’s worst terrorist attack in years. Though particularly shocking for …

Before sitting down to write this week’s column, I opened a large and tattered, white, padded envelope that had arrived from Hong Kong late last week to find the final issue of the city’s once famously feisty newspaper, the Apple Daily, which was forced by local authorities to shut down …

Après une chute mondiale du prix des produits agricoles en 2020 – conséquence de la pandémie de Covid-19 – les cours repartent à la hausse depuis plusieurs mois. État des lieux en infographies. Initiée depuis la fin 2020, la tendance haussière des cours des matières premières agricoles se poursuit. Les …