Smarter industrial policy can advance Africa’s economic transformation and create jobs WASHINGTON, April 8, 2026–Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from a decade of global shocks is showing signs of stalling, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward by 0.3 percentage points from estimates previously published in October 2025, according to the latest edition of the Africa…
4/8: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S.-Iran ceasefire in fragile place; NATO chief Mark Rutte meets with President Trump at the White House.
Lungile Mginqi, digital transformation strategist. Spotless board pack: green hiding everything that matters. Years of routine: nod, note, offline, park, move on. But this time, the new chairman breaks the pattern and she asks: Can we articulate the enterprise rules for IT, decision rights by threshold, the non-negotiable principles, where trade-offs close, what escalates, and…
Port Sudan, April 8, 2026 (SUNA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Mohi-Eddin Salim, received Ambassador Bineta Diop, the African Union (AU) Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, who is visiting the country from April 6 to 9 at the head of a high-level solidarity delegation from the African Union. Ambassador…
At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010. The International Red Cross warned the Security Council on Wednesday that “we are losing our humanity in war.” Of that total, more than 560 died in Gaza and the…
NewsFeed A 13-year-old girl on Snapchat captured the moment Israel began its assault on Beirut. In the video posted on her mother’s social media, she is seen running with her father to hide from the blast. On the first day of the US-Iran ceasefire, Israel said it bombed Lebanon 100 times in just 10 minutes,…
Conversational commerce has never stood still. Instead, it has consistently evolved in step with changing consumer expectations and behaviour. In the early 2000s, SMS formed the backbone of mobile customer engagement, enabling everything from balance checks to delivery notifications. However, as smartphones took over, retailers promptly shifted their focus to apps, mobile-optimised websites and push…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. Just as India’s textile industry was beginning to stabilize after U.S. tariffs, it received another blow. Industry leaders tell me the Iran…
Telness Tech executive leadership team on the announcement that Telia will be the first Mobile Network Operator (MNO) deploying Seamless OS. From the left, Sergio Budkin; CRO, Martina Klingvall; Founder and CEO, Sebastian Stecki; CMO, Pablo Noguerol; COO, Christina Berggren; VP Customer, Delivery & Product, Jonas Cedenwing; Founder and CTO. Today, Nordic Communications Group AB,…
A Tennessee county school board on Wednesday unanimously voted to censure a member who told a student, “God, you’re hot” at a public board meeting last week. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Washington County Board of Education approved the censure during an emergency meeting,…
