From left, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., and FBI Director Kash Patel conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice about Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting, on Monday, April 27, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. |…
MTN group CEO and president Ralph Mupita earned almost R100 million last year. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with MTN images) Africa’s largest cellphone company, MTN, paid six executives R320 million in 2025, a 62% year-on-year gain across its top posts after it reversed its loss-making position in the year to December. In its recently released…
One person was killed and three others injured in Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday morning following a shooting at post-prom party, police said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Officers responded to a shooting in the 4000 block of North Park Avenue, near North College Avenue and 38th…
Kyle Puller A Cape Town marketing agency has played a central role in developing the largest crowdfunding campaign in gaming history, with the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game raising more than US$28-million (R469-million) from over 50 000 backers on Kickstarter. The Cyberpunk Trading Card Game launched on Kickstarter on 17 March 2026 with a US$100 000 funding…
Her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.
The threat landscape is becoming increasingly unpredictable. (Image source: 123RF) Businesses across Africa are entering 2026 under unprecedented cyber pressure. AI-driven attacks are escalating at a pace never seen before, enabling criminals to automate reconnaissance, craft hyper-realistic phishing messages, generate deepfake identities and launch attacks at scale. Recent industry reports indicate that over 70% of…
Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyongo when he visited Bishop, Rt. Rev. Charles Ochieng’ Ong’injo, of ACK Maseno South on April 16, 2026. PHOTO/UGC. The ongoing attacks on Bishop, Rt. Rev. Charles Ochieng’ Ong’injo, of ACK Maseno South are less about him and more about the failure of a section of Luo Nyanza’s elected leaders to…
We are bombarded, lured, or both, as hotels, airlines, social media influencers, cruise companies, and our own friends curate, post and tempt us to travel. What’s often cropped out are the crowds and long lines – the frustrations that can come with vacationing today, or living in a vacation destination. “Where we see neighborhoods starting…
A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa’s economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy in 2026. This is not speculation. Projections from the International Monetary Fund place the DRC’s GDP at around $123 billion,…
The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing blockades. Naval blockades are one of the oldest weapons in warfare, requiring no ground troops or invasion, just the ability to cut off what an enemy…
