Mon 26 February 2024: The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is deteriorating rapidly, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, highlighted the grave concerns at the regular press briefing. “The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today it is gravely concerned by the […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Leanne Manas is a familiar face on South African televisions. Towards the end of 2023 the morning news presenter’s face showed up somewhere else: in bogus news stories and fake advertisements in which “she” appeared to promote various products or get-rich-quick schemes. It quickly emerged that Manas had fallen victim to “deepfaking”. Deepfakes involve […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: In the conflict-torn northern area of Burkina Faso, gunmen ambushed a community gathered for mass at a church, killing at least fifteen Catholic attendees in a village, church officials said. The violence that occurred on Sunday in the village of Essakane was described as a “terrorist attack” by Abbot Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday lifted economic and travel sanctions on Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso with immediate effect. The ECOWAS Commission lifted travel, commercial, and economic sanctions imposed on all three countries that were aimed at reversing military coups staged in the countries in 2023, […]
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French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop celebrates in Berlin with the Golden Bear for Best Film awarded for the documentary, Dahomey. Sun 25 February 2024: The top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival went to Mati Diop’s Franco-Senegalese documentary Dahomey, which explores the complex issues surrounding Europe’s return of looted treasures to Africa. At a lavish […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also president of the governing African National Congress (ANC), said Saturday that his party will focus on six priorities to fix the economy, including job creation, reindustrialization, investing in infrastructure and tackling the high cost of living. The ANC will create 2.5 million job opportunities in […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: Kenya and Namibia have been added to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list” of nations that require more monitoring, because of insufficient measures to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism. “At this Plenary, the FATF added Kenya and Namibia to the list of jurisdictions subject to increased monitoring,” […]
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Fri 23 February 2024: Experts have urged African nations to adopt digital identity (ID) systems in order to access economic potential worth between 3 and 7 percent of their GDP, Xinhua reported. The call was made by statistics and data experts attending the 12th StatsTalk-Africa Webinar organized Tuesday by the African Center for Statistics at […]
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Thu 22 February 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa and a delegation from the United States Congress have deliberated on the significance of the bilateral relationship between South Africa and the United States. On Wednesday, the President received a visit from a bipartisan congressional delegation from the United States of America in Tuynhuys, Cape Town. The delegation […]
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Thu 22 February 2024: Some R765 billion has been allocated to the security cluster to up the ante in Government’s fight against crime and to support the defence forces. This was revealed during Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech delivered in Cape Town on Wednesday. “In the coming financial year, 10 000 new police recruits […]
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