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Icasa retracts collusion claim against mobile operators

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

Communications regulator Icasa has retracted a suggestion by one of its councillors that South Africa’s mobile operators may be colluding over new data expiry rules, an embarrassing climbdown for the authority three days after the claim was aired in parliament. In a statement late on Friday, Icasa said it had received “numerous requests for clarification”…

Africa: ‘Avoid Using the Term’ – Oxfam in Africa Retracts LGBTQ Censorship Guide

eriinfo.com3 months ago019 mins

Bangkok — “Oxfam in Africa has departed from the values that govern the Oxfam Confederation.” Oxfam in Africa has walked back internal guidelines that would have barred staff from mentioning LGBTQ rights in public, work-related communications. “No proactive communications linking Oxfam’s brand in Africa or Africans to LGBTQIA+ issues and its derivatives,” instructs a now-shelved…