Ukraine struck and partly disabled a data centre operated by Russian technology company Yandex on Friday, a day after it hit a larger and more important facility, widening its attacks on Russia after Moscow targeted data hubs inside Ukraine. Yandex, which is heavily involved in Russia’s AI development and is sometimes called Russia’s Google, said…
Caesar Tonkin, Managing Director, Armata Cyber Security. Phiwakahle Zulu: You’ve spent 17 years in the cyber security industry, both in South Africa and across Africa and the UK. This was as a CISO, then building and running cyber security businesses, before being brought in to lead Armata Cyber Security. Why does that matter to how…
DRC and neighbouring Uganda are seeing another outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola strain. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 10 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths since the outbreak was declared on 15 May, among more than 1,000 confirmed and suspected cases. Around the world, Anglican churches, networks and charities are working to…
As the conflict’s spillover leads to spiking prices in parts of Asia and Africa, WFP says keeping humanitarian supply chains open is essential to prevent millions more from tipping into food insecurity. At a bustling food market in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a conflict thousands of…
Djibouti built its economy on the strategy of charging rent to different military world powers. The US, China, France, Japan, Turkey and Italy all have a base in this Horn of Africa country. But the expansion of the war on Iran threatens to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and make Djibouti the next hotspot. Al…
NewsFeed The United Nations is warning that rapidly escalating drone warfare in Sudan has killed more than 200 people in little over a week as schools, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure become targets. Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
A ‘humanitarian zone’ is expected to remain open on Thursday, allowing residents to leave Deir Hafer and Maskana. The Syrian army is telling civilians to evacuate parts of the rural Aleppo governorate after accusing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of building up troops in the area, following days of deadly fighting inside Aleppo city, as…
The cybersecurity industry has spent years perfecting how to defend laptops, servers, identities and APIs. Yet some of the most important systems in our lives, the industrial ones that keep society up and running, were never designed for cybersecurity at all. As they connect to modern networks, the stakes rise dramatically. These are the machines,…
Paul Stuttard, director, Duxbury Networking. Enterprise browsers are transforming the ways in which organisations secure their digital workplaces. Unlike traditional browsers that cater to individual consumers, enterprise browsers are purpose-built platforms that integrate identity, policy and data protection into the user experience. This results in a tool that gives security teams much more power over…
Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, opened the high-level dialogue and underlined the urgency of acting now. “Africa is at the frontline of the climate crisis.(…) The role of the media, represented here by the Federation of African Journalists, is essential in shaping narratives that are accurate, inclusive and…
