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Africa: Nairobi Summit Explores Africa’s Sustainability, Food Security Challenges

eriinfo.com2 days ago01 mins

Nairobi — Leaders from the private sector, NGOs and development organisations gathered in Nairobi for the Geopolitics of Sustainability in Africa Summit to discuss food security, climate transition and Africa’s economic resilience. The forum highlighted Africa’s push to move beyond raw material exports towards value-added manufacturing, resilient intra-African trade and sustainable economic transformation, amid concerns…

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Central Africa’s Wild Meat Dilemma – Why Outright Bans Threaten Food Security for Millions

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Millions of people in central Africa rely on wild meat for their nutrition, especially in rural areas around the Congo rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Here, meat from domestic animals is scarce due to poor national transport infrastructure, livestock diseases and lack of forage. As a result, wild meat and freshwater…

Cyber security trends in 2026: How businesses must adapt to AI threats

eriinfo.com5 days ago09 mins

Cyber threats have evolved faster than most organisations. (Image source: 123RF) Cyber security in 2026 has moved beyond antivirus software and firewalls, and into the executive boardroom, directly influencing how organisations grow, scale and respond to disruptions. Before COVID, the traditional approach made sense: build strong defences, keep threats out and respond when something goes…

Africa: Security Council Reform ‘Is Absolutely Essential’ – Guterres

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The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday underscored the need to effectively re-open the Strait of Hormuz and expand UN Security Council membership to curb the impunity of veto-wielding “superpowers”. António Guterres was addressing a press conference on the final day of an official visit to Japan, which is marking 70 years of cooperation with the UN,…

US sanctions elected Hezbollah MPs and Lebanese security officials | Hezbollah News

eriinfo.com1 week ago07 mins

The United States has imposed sanctions on nine people it accuses of enabling Hezbollah to “undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty”, the latest US effort to destroy the group’s financial networks around the world. In a statement on Thursday, the US Department of the Treasury said the individuals were designated “for obstructing the peace process in Lebanon and impeding…

Ukraine bolsters border security as Russia says nuclear munitions sent to Belarus for exercises

eriinfo.com1 week ago05 mins

Kyiv — Ukraine is implementing “enhanced security measures in the northern regions” near its border with Belarus as Russia holds joint nuclear drills with its close ally, for which Moscow says “nuclear munitions were delivered” to field storage facilities. Kyiv announced the heightened security posture along its northern border Thursday after warning for weeks of…

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Africa: Fertiliser Plants – Dangote Vows to Ensure Food Security in Africa

eriinfo.com1 week ago06 mins

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertiliser investments, declaring that the continent has the capacity to feed itself and become a net exporter of agricultural products. Dangote made this known while addressing journalists in Gode, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, during a high-profile…

SA’s MiDO Academy uses Springboks example to tackle cyber security skills shortage

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago05 mins

MiDO Academy graduation 2025 cohort. (Image: supplied by MiDO Academy). Not-for-profit youth empowerment organisation MiDO Academy has developed a strategy – inspired by the Springboks – to bridge the gap between youth labour underutilisation and a critical national shortage of cyber security skills. The academy, part of the MiDO Group which incorporates the MiDO Foundation,…

Cyanre highlights the reality of cyber resilience at ITWeb Security Summit 2026

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Lukas van der Merwe, Associate Director, Cyanre. Cyanre, a specialist DFIR firm, is proud to announce its participation at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026, where it will address one of the most critical gaps in modern cyber security: how organisations respond when defences inevitably fail. Taking place at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape…

Agentic AI reshapes the security operations centre

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Zubair Mukhtar Chowgale, director of sales engineering at Securonix. Traditional security teams are dealing with too many alerts and not enough time or people to handle them. At the same time, attackers are moving faster using AI, and boards expect clear evidence that security efforts are making a real difference to the business. This was…