Africa: Persisting Acute Food Insecurity in Africa Tied to Conflict
Record levels of acute food insecurity persist in Africa due to ongoing conflicts and a series of economic shocks from the COVID pandemic to the constriction of maritime traffic that have kept food prices elevated. Highlights Nearly 164 million Africans are estimated to be facing acute food insecurity–comprising households that are experiencing high rates of…
Africa: Faj and Uneca Eager to Deepen Media Engagement On Africa’s Development Priorities
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African body of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today met Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss strengthening media engagement in Africa’s development priorities and journalism’s role as a public good….
LogicMonitor Makes AI the Standard, Not the Upgrade
LogicMonitor®, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT, today announced new platform packages that make Edwin AI and LogicMonitor Digital Experience, including Synthetics and Internet Sonar, standard in every tier. By bringing full digital experience and internet health visibility together with AI-driven operations in every package, LogicMonitor helps teams connect what users experience to the signals…
What’s delaying US midterm election calls in Mississippi and Alaska? | US Midterm Elections 2026 News
Democrats have regained control of both chambers in the United States Congress during this year’s midterm elections, with a wave of victories that party leader Hakeem Jeffries likened to an “American tsunami”. But as of Wednesday night, two races for Congress’s upper chamber are still undecided. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list A…
Five cyber worries keeping South African business owners up at night
South African risk managers rank cyber incidents and business interruption well above the global average. NEWORDER’s Bennie Barnard, back from the CyberIsle 2026 conference in the Isle of Man, says the five things business owners fear share one way in, and warns that handing the answer to an automated AI tester leaves the door exactly…
White House panel delays hearing on Fed’s Lisa Cook to Dec. 14
Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook participates in a board meeting at the Federal Reserve on March 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A White House committee of inquiry postponed from Thursday to Dec. 14 a hearing with Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for an investigation of whether allegations of false…
ANS Cuts IT Alert Noise by 83% with LogicMonitor Edwin AI
LogicMonitor®, the AI-first platform for Autonomous IT, and ANS Group, a leading UK technology and managed services provider, today announced early results from ANS’s deployment of Edwin AI, demonstrating how AI is helping reshape managed services by reducing routine operational work and creating more capacity for proactive customer value. Since deploying Edwin AI in August…
Mississippi Senate race heads to an extended vote count and possible ballot battle
The Mississippi Senate race may take days to resolve, as Democrat Scott Colom leads GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 65 votes in the current vote count. And as more votes continue to be counted, all eyes are on an unknown number of ballots that could shift the result — and potentially lead to a…
The commercial barriers holding back smaller ISPs
The author, Backspace Technologies’ Jevon King A few months ago, communications regulator Icasa gazetted the National Radio Frequency Plan 2026 and the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Roadmap 2026, which identify more mid-band spectrum for mobile networks. Separate regulations have been gazetted to open lower bands as shared innovation spectrum. The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill before…
