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…
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…
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…
Trump warns Iran of ‘really bad things’ if there’s no deal
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One before taking off from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices hovered near six-month highs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran that “really bad things” will happen if there was no…
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…
Africa: Why Ending Child Marriage Is Key to Advancing Africa’s Economic Development
By Zuzana Schwidrowski and Omolola Mary Lipede ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb 19 2026 (IPS) – Africa is home to approximately 160 million adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 (according to 2022 data by the United Nations Population Division). They embody the energy, creativity, and potential of the continent. It is undeniable that The Africa We…
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…
U.S. women’s hockey celebrates gold medal win
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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…
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…