In May 2024, Francis Mogambi arrived in the United States after winning the Diversity Visa lottery, a programme that gives people from around the world a chance to become permanent residents. Just over two years later, the Kenyan national found himself at the centre of a US investigation into an alleged nationwide scheme to defraud…
UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights. Published On 28 Oct 202628 Oct 2026 United Nations experts have expressed alarm at the “excessive use of force” by French authorities in dispersing the recent nationwide student protests. “The scale of the arrests and detention, affecting several thousand people, mainly…
The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting. “Mom there was a school shooting we’re ok tho,” the message read. “I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,”…
Around 250,000 people protested funding cuts in France that have left public schools with leaks, rats and not enough desks. Aiden Stretch reports on the demonstrations that have turned violent.
The student said she decided to go to police after she saw screenshots of a Chi Phi group message on Snapchat and because “it felt like the right thing to do if we could help this girl.” Doe’s lawsuit included a screenshot of a Chi Phi Snapchat group message that said there was “free p—-”…
Student demonstrators in France are demanding improvements for the country’s education systems. As protests have grown, there have been some violent clashes with police. Holly Williams has more details.
Nico Pampier, a University of Cape Town student, joins the conversation about AI and open education. (Picture: Supplied) University of Cape Town (UCT) post-graduate student Nico Pampier, who is studying educational technology, is working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to help shape international conversations about AI, open education and the…
A student opened fire at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20, according to authorities, who said he also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at the family home earlier in the morning. The 14-year-old shooter took his own life at the school, officials…
A Law student at the University of Abuja, Amra Onize Salihu, has emerged champion at the 9th Inter-Universities Speech Contest organised by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Amra, a 500-level student in the Faculty of Law, represented Nigeria after winning the national selection conducted…
Fireline won the Interledger Foundation and UCT Financial Innovation Hub Hackathon. The Interledger Foundation and the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Financial Innovation Hub hosted their third annual fintech hackathon recently at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika. The event drew 80 participants from six tertiary institutions – UCT, Eduvos, Sol Plaatje University,…
