Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

The 2025 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) theme, “Chat GBV: Raising Awareness on AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence against Women Journalists,” highlights the urgent need to confront the use of artificial intelligence and other digital tools to harass, silence and endanger women working in the media. These online attacks, including coordinated harassment,…

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Africa: Stop the Digital War On Women Journalists: FAJ Urges Action to End Impunity in Africa

Africa: Junta Must Stop Arbitrarily Detaining Journalists

On 14 October, Zawenmanogo Dieudonné Zoungrana, publishing director of Aujourd’hui Au Faso newspaper, was detained at his home by members of the National Intelligence Agency, before being released one day later. On 13 October, Ousséni Ilboudo, editor of L’Observateur Paalga newspaper, and Michel Nana, deputy editor-in-chief of Le Pays newspaper, were also detained and then…

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Stop applying old thinking to the cloud: LSD Open

Stop applying old thinking to the cloud: LSD Open

Not every organisation that has migrated to the cloud has reaped the rewards promised in terms of faster development and deployment cycles, simplified infrastructure management, and most importantly, a reduction in costs. Some are going as far as repatriating their infrastructure back into on-premises environments, perhaps because they understand it better and they find they…

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Stop the ‘Please Call Me’ madness

Stop the ‘Please Call Me’ madness

ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. The villain of the moment is the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which really, deeply, and utterly screwed it up. But at heart, the Please Call Me saga is the fault of lawyers, or rather the two pig-headed clients, Vodacom and Nkosana Makate, who should have stopped listening to those…

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Africa: ‘A Shot That Would Stop Sperms for 24 Months’

Africa: ‘A Shot That Would Stop Sperms for 24 Months’

A new male contraceptive is shaking up global conversations around reproductive health–and its potential could be felt in Uganda, where family planning remains largely centered on women. The innovation, called Adam, is a water-soluble hydrogel injected into the sperm ducts, temporarily blocking sperm from mixing with semen and offering a new level of control for…

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