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Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

eriinfo.com1 week ago05 mins

Organised labour under the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has raised concern over what it describes as worsening inequality and economic hardship across the continent. Marking this year’s International Workers’ Day, ITUC-Africa warned that Africa is facing a growing imbalance in wealth distribution, where economic gains are increasingly concentrated among…

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Africa: World Malaria Day – Why Stronger Surveillance Is the Key to the Future of Malaria Control

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago014 mins

A snapshot in time: The state of malaria Last year’s World Malaria Report reflected the hard-won gains of countries across across the globe: between 2000 and 2024, sustained investment in malaria prevention and disease control averted 2.3 billion malaria cases and 14 million deaths. But the report also revealed concerning realities: drug and insecticide resistance…

Iran reasserts control of Hormuz Strait as Trump warns against ‘blackmail’ | US-Israel war on Iran News

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

Top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says US naval blockade of Iran’s ports is ‘a clumsy and ignorant decision’. Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC) says the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that any ship that attempts to pass through the waterway will be targeted, a dramatic…

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Africa: AI – ‘African Govts Are Using ‘Smart City’ Systems to Monitor Dissent and Consolidate State Control’

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago010 mins

CIVICUS discusses the spread of AI-powered surveillance in Africa with Wairagala Wakabi, executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) and co-editor of Smart City Surveillance in Africa: Mapping Chinese AI Surveillance Across 11 Countries, the latest report by the African Digital Rights Network (ADRN) and the Institute…

Can universities adopt AI and remain in control?

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

Edward Müller, Senior Solutions Architect, Mint Group. It’s no surprise to learn that students at all levels are using artificial intelligence tools, specifically large language models such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. But adoption rates are nonetheless staggering: 92%, according to surveys by Oxford’s Higher Education Policy Institute. Such a figure will be cold…

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Africa: Governments Push for Increased Local Control of Africa’s Gold

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Gold Fields Ltd.’s Damang mine in Ghana is at the center of a policy shift as the government moves to increase local ownership in the gold sector. The state will take over the mine on April 18 after declining to renew its lease, Bloomberg reported. Authorities have limited the tender process to companies fully owned…

Iran signals control over Strait of Hormuz amid escalating conflict

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

A crucial early warning radar plane, used to provide commanders with a real-time picture of war, was destroyed in an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The Iranian Embassy in Nairobi has confirmed that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz “has not…

Taking control of IAM in the AI era

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

CJ Oosthuizen, Google Cloud and Workspace specialist, Argility Technology Group. AI – and shadow AI – are proliferating, creating a series of new risks for organisations. To gain control of who and what is accessing corporate data, organisations need unified control planes designed to shed light on the entire environment. This is according to CJ…

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Spotify unveils Taste Profile – manual control over the AI algorithm

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

At SXSW, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a major shift in how the platform handles recommendations: the Taste Profile. This new AI-powered feature allows users to directly intervene in their discovery algorithms, offering a level of manual customisation previously unavailable on the platform. The feature is set to enter beta for Premium users in New…

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Africa: Kenya Calls for Human-Centred Approach in Africa’s New Drug Control Strategy

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Vienna — As the global community gathers for the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Kenya has issued a rallying cry for African nations to place human dignity at the heart of continental efforts to combat drug abuse. Speaking at a high-level side event organized by the African Union, Ms….