Nearly 700 students from Leipzig University, in Germany, sat down last month on the square outside the college cafeteria, next to the city’s old, ruined fortifications, to vote. A sea of hands rose, holding yellow cards. The vote was almost unanimous: The student council demanded the university cease all collaboration with Israeli institutions. Recommended Stories…
South Africa is once again facing a rise in anti-migrant tensions, with vigilante groups reportedly going door to door demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country by the end of June. Post-apartheid specialist Cécile Perrot tells RFI the violence reflects deeper social and economic problems and that migrants have increasingly become scapegoats for poverty…
Nairobi — China has deployed a specialized medical expert team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support efforts to contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain, as international partners intensify assistance to the Central African nation. The team, “specially dispatched” by the Chinese government, departed Beijing on Tuesday and…
Rogue AI threatens enterprises as rapid innovation accelerates automation, productivity and decision-making beyond governance and security controls. (Image: 123RF) AI is rapidly reshaping the enterprise, driving productivity, automation and faster decision-making. But alongside innovation comes a new category of risk: rogue AI, warns Citrix. Rogue AI refers to AI systems, tools or autonomous agents operating…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Photo: Lerato Sepotokele/DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi is facing calls from across the political divide to withdraw South Africa’s draft national artificial intelligence policy after News24 revealed at the weekend that the document contains at least six academic citations almost certainly fabricated by an AI tool. Update: The draft policy has…
Heidi’s launch in SA brings offline-capable, multilingual AI support to over 15 000 local clinicians. (Image created via Gemini) Heidi, an AI-driven clinical care platform, has launched its South African operations after more than 15 000 local clinicians began using it organically. The platform says it now supports about 1.5 million consultations per month in…
Nairobi — As banks, financial institutions, telecommunications firms and payment service providers (PSPs) increasingly adopt stablecoins as core infrastructure for treasury management and cross-border payments, regulatory defensibility is emerging as a critical priority. A new report indicates that this shift is accelerating a broader transition in Africa’s digital economy–from basic data protection frameworks to active,…
Millennium Wheel And Skyline At Sunset. London, England. Design Pics Editorial | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The U.K. economy grew by 0.5% in February, according to preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics published Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters expected U.K. gross domestic product (GDP) to have expanded by 0.1% month-on-month. Services…
The rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to expose deep structural weaknesses in global pharmaceutical markets, with drug-resistant infections projected to claim nearly two million lives annually by 2050 unless investment and policy responses accelerate, according to the 2026 AMR Benchmark published by the Access to Medicine Foundation. The benchmark, released on March 10,…
New York — As delivered “Excellencies, distinguished delegates, and colleagues, good morning. “For millions of girls around the world, the global water crisis is not abstract. It is the reason they wake before dawn to collect water, the reason they miss school when they are menstruating the reason their safety, their health, and their futures,…
