Mali’s Islamist rebels seized control of the central city of Konna Thursday, encroaching further on government-held territory, said the rebels’ spokesman. Konna, a city of 50,000 people 700 kilometers ...

Gone are the days when all you had to do to add that bunch of fresh konna flowers to your kani was pluck a few branches from the tree in the neighbourhood. “Ayyo! Vishu is a month away but our konna ...