Posts

Kenya: Meta faces legal offensive from content moderators/in /by
In Kenya, three complaints have been lodged against Meta and the Californian company Sama, to whom the group that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram has subcontracted the moderation of content on its social network for sub-Saharan Africa between 2019 and 2023.
Flood victims denounce aid profiteering in eastern DRC/in /by
A group of victims of May's floods and landslides in eastern DRC have denounced the crisis management committee in charge of aid distribution
South Africa: Clinic hopes to save future of penguins threatened by extinction/in /by
"So sadly the population is declining quite drastically. So since 2015 we lost about 90% of the population in Algoa Bay and around 75% in the Western Cape. So overall the population is declining and there is a real threat that the species can become functionally extinct in the next decade, .. "
Brazil’s President Lula plans 2 trips to Africa/in /by
The Brazilian leader is due to visit no fewer than eight African countries from August onwards. The aim? Strengthen #political and #economic ties on the continent.
Nigeria: President Tinubu suspends anti-corruption chief under investigation/in /by
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has suspended the country's anti-corruption chief, who is under investigation for abuse of office, the government has announced.
Sudan slips into crisis with critical shortages as conflict enters third month/in /by
The war between rival generals enters its third month on Thursday, with no end in sight in Sudan, where planes bombed a southern town for the first time and the regular army accused paramilitaries of "abducting and murdering" a governor in Darfur.
South Africa: Injured Kolisi to remain Springboks captain for World Cup ‘until ruled out’/in /by
"Siya will stay our Springboks captain, and captain for the World Cup, until he is ruled out, until medically they say this guy will not make it. So he will stay there, and then we will use interim captains. We discussed it with the players and they know it's going to be like that, so we will use in
Vatican envoy urges a return to peace after a massacre in eastern DRC/in /by
Vatican envoy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, appealed for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit to the Bushagara camp in the east of the country. His visit came one day after the killing of more than 45 people, including 23 children in the camp.
South Africa approves controversial universal health bill/in /by
South Africa's National Assembly approved on Tuesday (June 13) a bill to introduce national health coverage in the country; the opposition fears that the overstretched public health system will collapse.
Algeria’s president on a 3-day state visit to Russia/in /by
The Algerian presidency said in a statement that Tebboune will attend an economic forum to be held this week in the city of St. Petersburg. The visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin is officially meant to strengthen relations of “friendship and cooperation”.