Javvad Malik, Lead CISO advisor at KnowBe4. The human element remains a key factor in cyber security breaches, with industry reports attributing up to 90% of incidents to human action or error. Mitigating human risk requires new approaches to human risk management (HRM), in which organisations systematically identify, measure and mitigate human-derived risk through a…
The European Union (EU) — African Union (AU) Human Rights Dialogue successfully concluded in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 October 2025, with civil society from both Africa and Europe playing an integral role in the deliberations. The Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Omar Faruk Osman, in his capacity as the current…
The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out anti-Black racism, the head of a UN platform that promotes greater inclusion and equality of the global African diaspora said on Wednesday. Martin Kimani, chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, presented its annual report to…
Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall. Goodall’s life journey stretches from marveling at the somewhat unremarkable creatures – though she would…
Canadian authorities have identified a person known as “The Woman in the Well” nearly two decades after her remains were found. The woman, Alice Spence, was born in September 1881 and had moved to Canada from Minnesota in 1913, police said. In June 2006, crews excavating a site in Sutherland, Saskatoon, found an old well…
The panel at OpenText Summit Africa 2025. At the OpenText Summit Africa 2025, held in Sandton on 4 September, a panel discussion tackled one of the most pressing questions facing organisations today: how do businesses drive transformation while simultaneously elevating human potential? Moderated by Shanaaz Moosa, Sales Director for public sector and cyber security at…
New York — World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22-30, 2025, should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capacity to promote human rights and international justice, Human Rights Watch said today. On the eve of the General Assembly’s annual general debate,…
Khas Kunar, Afghanistan – When the ground shook beneath Andarlachak village in the Diwa Gul Valley on August 31, the already precarious lives of its residents collapsed along with the walls of their homes. “Our houses now have huge cracks or collapsed walls. We can’t stay in our homes. The beams have cracked,” said Abdul…
Insaaf Daniels, head of human capital at redPanda Software. Your next job interview could be with a bot. You’ll be sent a video conference invite just like any other meeting, but instead of chatting to someone from HR or recruitment, you’ll interact with a computer that asks questions and records your responses. There won’t be…
What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what happened in the distant past – with enormous consequences. Global cooling that happened millions of years ago was thought to be the result of ocean…
