Tech gives traffickers a devastating new weapon

Tech gives traffickers a devastating new weapon

Women and children are the most vulnerable to trafficking. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, using GenAI and Freepik) Hundreds of thousands of women and children – society’s most vulnerable – are being trafficked, lured into financial extortion and sextortion by criminals who are increasingly weaponising technology to find, trap and silence them. Artificial intelligence (AI), the…

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Africa: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honors Key Contributors to AU and Italy-Africa Summits

Africa: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honors Key Contributors to AU and Italy-Africa Summits

Addis Ababa — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recognized institutions and individuals who played a central role in the successful hosting of the 39th African Union Summit and the Second Italy-Africa Summit. According to the ministry, the recognition ceremony brought together representatives of government offices, partner institutions, and volunteers who supported the organization of…

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Africa: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honors Key Contributors to AU and Italy-Africa Summits

Africa: Nduhungirehe – Burundi Should Not Get Involved in AU Mediation of DR Congo Crisis

Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said Burundi would find it “difficult” trying to engage in African Union-led mediation of the conflict in eastern DR Congo. Olivier Nduhungirehe noted that Burundi, whose President Evariste Ndayishimiye assumed AU chairmanship on February 14, has troops fighting alongside the Congolese government coalition in the war…

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MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hikes for 2026

MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hikes for 2026

MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot. Image: (c) Aurelien Pierron For the first time in many years, DStv subscribers will not face a price increase in April – a significant strategic shift under new owner Groupe Canal+ as the pay-television operator battles to arrest years of punishing subscriber losses. In a wide-ranging interview with TechCentral on…

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Africa: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Honors Key Contributors to AU and Italy-Africa Summits

Africa: Near Point-of-Care Tests for Tuberculosis – Report

Informed by Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF’s) extensive experience in tuberculosis diagnosis and care, this factsheet provides an overview of key technical and operational considerations for the implementation of emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for tuberculosis. The conclusion outlines recommendations for national tuberculosis programmes and other health providers to support the effective and…

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Stop logging everything: What attackers actually see in the cloud

Stop logging everything: What attackers actually see in the cloud

Christo Coetzer, director and CEO, BlueVision ITM. Cloud security technologies are involved in a myriad of public and/or private functionalities that include authentication, authorisation, encryption, workload security and access controls. Gartner predicts that by 2027, more than 70% of enterprises will use industry platforms to accelerate their business initiatives, up from less than 15% in…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – February 20, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – February 20, 2026

  Sudan’s RSF Accused of Coordinated Genocide in Darfur A UN fact-finding mission concluded that atrocities committed during the siege and capture of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces amounted to genocide.  This is the closest the UN has come to declaring that RSF fighters in Darfur are carrying out genocide…

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