Africa: Senegal – Faj Calls On the African Commission and African States to Protect Journalists, Investigate Attacks and End the Culture of Impunity

Africa: Senegal – Faj Calls On the African Commission and African States to Protect Journalists, Investigate Attacks and End the Culture of Impunity

In presenting the statement, FAJ President Omar Faruk Osman, said that the African Charter has promised to protect the rights of journalists. However, 40 years after the coming into force of the Charter, African journalists are still being killed, abducted tortured and detained. “Newsrooms have been raided or shut down. Equipment has been seized. Reporters…

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Cyber security is everyone’s problem. Here’s how to build a security culture that lasts

Cyber security is everyone’s problem. Here’s how to build a security culture that lasts

Natalie Borcherds, Security Services Manager and Nikishca Moolman, Information Security Consultant at Galix. Cyber security training remains one of the most persistent challenges in corporate South Africa, not because organisations don’t invest in it, but because too many still treat it as a once-off exercise. Ticking a compliance box and moving on. The result? Employees…

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Why customer enablement starts with company culture

Why customer enablement starts with company culture

The author, Backspace Technologies COO Graeme Thomson The telecommunications industry is known for being slow and transactional, with larger players setting the terms in a cold, utility-driven relationship. However, as organisations of all sizes will attest, scaling requires moving beyond a vendor just “selling the plumbing”, so to speak. Growth and scale depend on organisations…

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‘Not here to fight a culture war’

‘Not here to fight a culture war’

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, tangled with Fox News host Jesse Watters in an interview Monday, repeatedly pivoting from “culture war” questions to refocus on affordability in his state. “You want to bring up all this culture war,” El-Sayed told Watters during the 25-minute interview. “I’m not here to fight a…

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Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France | Arts and Culture News

Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France | Arts and Culture News

Ahmed Krim spent 30 years teaching English in Algeria’s middle schools. Now retired, the 60-year-old watched the language he loved remain firmly behind French as the country’s second language. English was less valued than French, which might have been the language of Algeria’s coloniser, but continues to be present in every dialogue, six decades after…

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Africa: Senegal – Faj Calls On the African Commission and African States to Protect Journalists, Investigate Attacks and End the Culture of Impunity

Africa: How Enhanced Boating Culture Can Position Nigeria As Africa’s Next Global Aqua-Tourism Destination

Nigeria’s extensive coastline, inland waterways and rich cultural heritage provide a strong foundation for the development of a world-class aqua tourism industry. To this end, Chairman Bras Marine & Yacht Services, Prince Yomi Sonuga, has been championing the call to make Nigeria an aqua-tourism destination through greater investment in boating safety, modern marine infrastructure, navigation…

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