Mayor Zohran Mamdani says agents fired at a car with a child inside; DHS says the man was an arrest target. Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has shot a man in the Marble Hill neighbourhood of New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, calling the incident…
The African Union is launching the continent’s first credit rating agency on Wednesday, aiming to provide an alternative to the global “big three” by drawing on African expertise and perspectives. The opening of the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), which will be based in Port Louis, Mauritius, comes eight years after the African Union (AU)…
For years, South African consumers maintained expensive top-tier pay-TV subscriptions primarily to retain access to live sports, as international streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video lack local broadcasting rights for major sporting events. However, recent structural changes to MultiChoice’s product offerings, combined with strategic subscription-sharing features, have created a far more accessible…
Many people may have never heard of Minembwe, and those who know it may have learned about it through stories of war, displacement and hunger. For me, however, it is much more than a story. Minembwe is home to me and to many other Banyamulenge families. Generations of my family, including me, were born and…
Trump’s pledge not to attack Iran before the midterms hasn’t shifted Kalshi traders, who still bet gas stays high on Nov. 3.
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers faced the same price collapse this year and made opposite choices. The reason is not economics alone. It is who holds power in each cocoa sector — a lesson aid and trade partners keep missing. Within three weeks of each other this September, the world’s two largest cocoa producers…
After many nominations from the ICT community, ITWeb Brainstorm’s judging panel has shortlisted finalists for its CIO of the Year awards. Run in association with First Distribution and Microsoft, the awards include two categories: Enterprise CIO of the Year and Public Sector CIO of the Year. The Enterprise CIO of the Year finalists are: Assaad…
Nairobi — Nairobi-based advertising technology firm Suss Ads is expanding beyond advertising technology into enterprise customer-experience software, betting on artificial intelligence to help businesses manage growing volumes of customer conversations across digital platforms. The company has launched Suss CX, an AI-powered customer-experience platform that brings conversations from WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and Instagram into a…
A person was shot by ICE officers Thursday afternoon in an Upper Manhattan neighborhood, three law enforcement sources familiar with the matter said. The shooting happened during an ICE enforcement operation along Marble Hill Avenue around 4 p.m., those sources said. One source said the person shot was apparently in a vehicle when at least…
Nigeria will advance that Africa must move beyond celebrating the size of its mineral endowment and begin building the collective market intelligence, processing capacity and commercial infrastructure required to participate meaningfully in how its minerals and metals are valued. Nigeria’s Dr Comfort Asokoro-Ogaji, Executive Director of Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa), is expected to advance…
