Africa: Chairperson of the AU Commission (AUC) Strongly Condemns Deadly Drone Attack On Peacekeeping Base in Kadugli, Sudan

Africa: Chairperson of the AU Commission (AUC) Strongly Condemns Deadly Drone Attack On Peacekeeping Base in Kadugli, Sudan

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, strongly condemns the deadly drone attack targeting the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) logistics peacekeeping base in Kadugli, Sudan, which resulted in the loss of lives and injuries among Bangladeshi peacekeeping personnel. This reprehensible act constitutes a grave violation of international…

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ANC’s attack on Solly Malatsi shows how BEE dogma trumps economic reality

ANC’s attack on Solly Malatsi shows how BEE dogma trumps economic reality

Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT If you needed a case study in political point-scoring trumping sober analysis, look no further than the ANC’s broadside on Saturday against communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive on equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs). The party’s statement – framed as a defence of transformation and parliamentary authority – comes…

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Amnesty calls for war crimes probe on RSF attack on Sudan refugee camp | Sudan war News

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe on RSF attack on Sudan refugee camp | Sudan war News

NGO documents accounts of atrocities during paramilitary force’s April assault on the North Darfur facility. Rights group Amnesty International has called for a war crimes investigation into an assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state earlier this year. A report issued by the NGO…

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HR bonus-themed phishing attack looks to exploit year-end processes

HR bonus-themed phishing attack looks to exploit year-end processes

Mimecast emphasises the importance of user awareness training amid the recent detection of an HR bonus-themed phishing attack. South African businesses are being targeted by an active credential harvesting campaign. The campaign uses compromised e-mail accounts to distribute HR-themed phishing messages that impersonate DocuSign and company-specific HR departments. This is according to Mimecast’s Threat Research…

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