ByteDance to curb AI video app after Disney legal threat
Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney’s intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance’s update.
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Africa: AU Declares Samia Suluhu Hassan Champion
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union (AU) has officially appointed President Samia Suluhu Hassan as the AU Champion for reproductive, maternal and child health, a prestigious continental role that recognises Tanzania’s aggressive reforms in the health sector. A statement released by the Director of Presidential Communication at State House, Bakari Machumu, said her appointment was endorsed…
Rise of ‘logging off’ as consumers choose privacy
With hyper-connectivity at peak levels, digital minimalism is gaining momentum internationally. (Image created via ChatGPT) As hyper-connectivity reaches saturation point, a global counter-trend of digital minimalism is rising in 2026, driven by a socio-cultural shift toward analogue living and privacy. This is one of the key findings of the Flux Trends report, “The state we’re…
Africa: President Ramaphosa Briefs AU On G20 Leaders’ Summit Outcomes
The success of South Africa’s G20 Presidency has been hailed as both a national triumph and a powerful testament to Africa’s capacity for global leadership. This according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who briefed the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Session of the African National Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the outcomes of the…
8 dead in blast, blaze in fireworks shop in China ahead of Chinese New Year
Beijing — An explosion and fire at a fireworks shop in eastern China has killed eight people and left two others with minor burns ahead of the Chinese New Year, authorities said. Donhai County, in extreme eastern China about halfway up the coast Google Maps The Sunday afternoon blast in a village in Jiangsu province…
Africa: All of Africa Today – February 16, 2026
WHO Calls Guinea-Bissau Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial ‘Unethical’ A now-halted plan to test different hepatitis B vaccine schedules on newborns in Guinea-Bissau drew strong criticism from the World Health Organization, which called the study “unethical”. The US health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had funded a trial involving 14,000 babies, giving one…
Telkom tops 25 million mobile subscribers as data growth surges
Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom Group’s mobile business has passed 25 million subscribers for the first time, powered by strong data growth that saw mobile data subscribers surge 29.3% to 19.3 million in the third quarter ended 31 December 2025. The milestone, disclosed in the group’s Q3 trading update on Monday, underlines the continued…
Africa: Afcon 2027 Will Go Ahead – Motsepe Dismisses Postponement Talk
Confederation of African Football Federation (Caf) President Patrice Motsepe has firmly dismissed speculation that the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), to be co-hosted by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, will be postponed. Motsepe made the remarks on Friday during a press conference held after the Caf Executive Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, amid…
Indonesia’s Gaza gamble | Gaza
President Prabowo Subianto’s government said on February 10 that Indonesia is preparing to deploy up to 8,000 troops to a proposed multinational Gaza stabilisation force under Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace (BoP). The troop proposal forms part of Jakarta’s broader decision to participate in the BoP framework, an initiative conceived and driven by Trump….
Africa: No Delay for Afcon 2027, Says Motsepe
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has firmly dismissed speculation that the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) could be postponed or relocated. Speaking at a CAF Executive Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam on Friday, February 13, Motsepe confirmed that AFCON 2027 will take place as scheduled in Kenya,…