The Kansas City Chiefs your older sibling told you about may finally be back. The Chiefs improved to 5-0 with a 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, and the Patrick Mahomes-led offense that once ran roughshod over the NFL appears to have returned in nearly full force. From 2018 (the year Mahomes…
African security chiefs are worried about the increasing use of digital technologies and social media platforms by terrorist groups that hold sway over ungoverned territories across the Sahel and West Africa region. African security chiefs are worried about the increasing use of digital technologies and social media platforms by terrorist groups that hold sway over…
Gianni Infantino’s bid to remain the head of world football’s governing body Fifa gathered strength on Friday after backing from African executives and reports that a potential rival was pulling out of the race for the job as the game’s most powerful administrator. The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, hailed…
President Yoweri Museveni has called on African defence leaders to recognise the close link between national security, economic strength and political cohesion. Closing the inaugural African Conference of Chiefs of Defence Forces on Military Operations Other Than War at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Museveni said a strong defence force cannot be sustained without a strong economy….
Kampala — The conference brought together military chiefs and senior officers from several African countries, as well as representatives of the African Union and regional organisations. Discussions focused on the role of African armed forces in military operations other than conventional warfare, including peacekeeping, disaster response and emergency operations. Participants also discussed the importance of…
New York — African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres co-chaired a high-level meeting between the African Union and the United Nations in New York focused on strengthening cooperation between the two organizations. The meeting reaffirmed a shared commitment to supporting African-led efforts to address structural challenges and promote a…
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot on Sunday night in Northern Virginia, allegedly by their son, authorities said. Loudon County Sheriff’s deputies found a woman “suffering from multiple gunshot wounds” in the 2000 block of Northpark Drive in the Washington D.C. suburb of Ashburn, officials said. Elijah Zion Bieniemy,…
Dr Maiendra Moodley, senior analyst at Wikistrat. The rapid proliferation of roles such as chief information security officer, chief privacy officer, chief risk officer and chief trust officer in one firm has created overlapping mandates that blur accountability lines. This was the word from Dr Maiendra Moodley, senior analyst at Wikistrat, delivering a presentation at…
MONROVIA — Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson, Sr. opens Monrovia to 26 of Africa’s top financial watchdogs Monday, as Liberia hosts the continent’s most high-stakes public audit gathering for the first time in the GAC’s history. The assembly, convened under the African Organization of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions, known as AFROSAI-E, runs Monday through Friday…
Patrice Motsepe, the boss of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has announced a revamp of the organisation in an attempt to ensure that the scenes at end of January’s Cup of Nations final between Morocco and Senegal do not happen again. The showdown on 18 January at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat…
