DR Congo president hints at extending his term and delaying polls
“If the people want me to have a third term, I will accept,” Tshisekedi says, with him due to step down in 2028.
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Apple to introduce third-party AI model choice in iOS 27
Apple appears to be finalizing a generative AI strategy centred on user choice rather than exclusive reliance on in-house development. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to allow users to select from a variety of third-party AI models to power generative tasks within its ecosystem. This new flexibility is slated to…
Africa: Global Condemnation of Drone Attack On Khartoum Airport
Khartoum — Widespread condemnation of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone attack on Khartoum airport on Monday, which led to the suspension of flights, continued. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, and Yemen condemned the incident, while regional organisations condemned the League of Arab States and the Muslim World League, while the United Nations expressed concern…
Africa: From Aid Dependency to Health Sovereignty – – Africa’s Urgent Call to Own Its HIV Response
Africa has to make a critical shift towards self-sufficiency in addressing its HIV challenges, emphasising the need for ownership, sustainable financing and strengthened health infrastructure for lasting impact. The recent Second Global Edition of the African Public Square (APS) open debate, convened during King’s Africa Week at Bush House, King’s College London, on 2 March…
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5/6: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Health officials work to contain deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise; President Trump threatens Iran with more attacks if it doesn’t agree to a deal.
Sovereignty AI: The real test of SA’s AI strategy
Bramley Maetsa, IT digital and innovation enablement lead at Sasol. South Africa’s first draft AI policy did more than stumble over a credibility problem. Even before it was withdrawn, it exposed a deeper national question: can a country govern AI responsibly if it does not have sufficient control over the layers on which scaled AI…
African Union Solidarity With the Chadian People Following a Terrorist Attack
The African Union Commission strongly condemns the terrorist attack carried out on the evening of Monday, 4 May 2026, against a military base in Barka Tolorom, on the Chadian shore of Lake Chad, which resulted in loss of life and injuries among the Chadian defence forces. The African Union Commission expresses its sincere condolences to…
Africa: I’ve Investigated a Hantavirus Outbreak. Here’s What I Can Tell You About the Cruise Ship Cluster
The cruise ship cluster of hantavirus cases continues to grow. The World Health Organization reports that as of May 6 there were eight cases, three of whom are confirmed by laboratory testing as hantavirus. In recent days, we heard three passengers had died. Now some passengers are being medically evacuated from the cruise ship MV…
Toronto World Cup tickets to be resold for face value on FIFA marketplace | World Cup 2026 News
Tickets for matches at other venues can be listed above face value on the official resale and exchange marketplace. Published On 7 May 20267 May 2026 Tickets to World Cup matches in Toronto can now only be resold for their original price on FIFA’s official marketplace after football’s world governing body updated its policy to…
South Africa’s patching problem is about to get worse
TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim South African organisations are already failing to patch conventional systems on time. The AI agents now being deployed across enterprise environments are about to make that gap significantly harder to close. That’s the warning from Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect at TrendAI AMEA (Asia, Middle East and Africa), who said patching is the…