Stafford Masie, technology investor, advisor and executive MBA lecturer. (Source: Stafford Masie, with new background) WGW Capital and other shareholders have forced Africa Bitcoin Corporation (ABC) interim CEO Stafford Masie and three other directors off the board, with Masie also stepping down as CEO at the end of February. This follows a supplementary demand by…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning after a military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State, killing 32 people. Authorities say the plane was on a routine mission from Benin City to Lagos when it came down in a swamp near a naval base on Monday morning. After reaching the site,…
Nairobi — The African Union and regional economic communities have signed a new agreement to strengthen coordination in the use of the African Standby Force, in a move aimed at improving Africa’s collective response to emerging security threats. The African Union Commission said the AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) signed a…
|The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), and other key regional blocs have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to streamline the deployment of the African Standby Force (ASF). The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Gen. Birame Diop, signed the agreement on behalf of the West African bloc in…
US broadcaster CNN has been barred from travelling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. The move is the latest in a battle between the White House and the media after it was forced to lift its ban on some news outlets. CNN was scheduled to fly…
British Royal Air Force jet crashes in Wales during training, narrowly missing buildings – CBS News Watch CBS News A video shows a British Royal Air Force jet struggling to gain altitude just before it crashed in Wales. The two pilots ejected in time and were treated for minor injuries. Leigh Kiniry reports.
Drones have become a primary mechanism of warfare on many fronts around the world. Those fronts range from the war between Russia and Ukraine to the conflict between the United States and Iran. Drones are used to achieve air superiority, a reconnaissance advantage, and highly precise strategic strikes along the front lines. Those strikes range…
Claims by current and former researchers that the tech will endanger humanity – with one suggesting there is a greater than 10% chance of it “killing all humans” – have raised alarm bells in recent weeks. Major AI companies have been racing to develop better systems, including creating what they call super intelligence – theoretical…
In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, one of the two U.S. Air Force officers whose fighter jet was shot down over Iran in April detailed his harrowing ordeal, including plummeting to the ground with a damaged parachute. The Defense Department has not identified the Air Force colonel by name. “60 Minutes”…
Military personnel accidentally triggered an inflatable slide attached to President Donald Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One plane Wednesday, a person briefed on the matter told NBC News. The slide inflated just before Trump was set to board the plane and head to Dallas for the GOP midterm convention. Instead of immediately exiting Marine One to…
