Smartphone companies scramble for growing market in Africa, but put at risk users personal data
Literacy rates that are below the global average, and lack of services in many African languages – some 2,000 are spoken across the continent, according to The African Language Program at Harvard University – are other reasons why a smartphone isn’t a compelling investment for some.
CNN political commentator and veteran political advisor Alice Stewart aged 58, found dead in garden
Stewart was born on March 11, 1966, in Atlanta, and began her career as a local reporter in Georgia before moving to Little Rock, Arkansas to be a news anchor. She went on to serve as the communications director in then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s office. She assumed similar roles during Huckabee’s presidential run in 2008 and served as communications director for the 2012 presidential bids of Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann and then former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Most recently, Stewart was the communications director for Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign.
What has come out of the Trump hush money trial so far, what to watch for as it wraps up
To convict Trump of felony falsifying business records, prosecutors must convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that he not only falsified or caused business records to be entered falsely, but that he did so with intent to commit or conceal another crime. Any verdict must be unanimous.
Three shot dead in Kinshasa during what military termed coup attempt to oust Tshisekedi
Congolese army spokesperson Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge said on state television on Sunday that the attempted coup d’état was “nipped in the bud by Congolese defence and security forces (and) the situation is under control.” He did not give further details.
Review: African migration mindset at present gives a fillip to human trafficking, slave trade and rights abuse
The Migration Policy Framework for Africa and Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) is so comprehensive and inclusive that it captures a range of issues, including: brain drain, remittances, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, forced displacement, return and readmission, refugees and asylum seekers, reintegration, internal displacement and internal migration (migration within countries, for example, from rural to urban areas, from one region to another).
Israel troops pound northern Gaza Strip as new cracks in Netanyahu coalition
At least 35,340 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since October 7, according to the enclave’s health ministry, while aid agencies have warned repeatedly of widespread hunger and dire shortages of fuel and medical supplies.
Fiery ex-South Africa President Zuma launches new party’s manifesto promising jobs, free education
Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party, known as the MK Party, has emerged as a significant player in South Africa’s upcoming elections after it was launched in December last year.
Cancer: Why hospitals in Africa are learning to ‘put life into your days, not days into your life’
Kenya has a national policy that compels nearly all public hospitals to have palliative care units, and the government’s National Health Insurance Fund covers hospital-based treatment. That could soon be extended to home-based care, picking up some of the associated costs like gloves and syringes.
How River Nile migrated eastward: Long-lost branch of the Nile finally located near Egypt’s Giza pyramids
River Nile is prone to migrating, and in the past, populations have had to relocate to keep up. Over the past few hundred years, the Nile has moved several kilometres to the east, possibly owing to shifting plate tectonics.
How Mali’s historic city and world’s oldest mud-brick Grand Mosque of Djenné are starved of tourists
The Grand Mosque, built in 1907 on the site of an older mosque dating back to the 13th century, is re-plastered every year by local residents in a ritual that brings together the entire city. The towering, earth-coloured structure requires a new layer of mud before the rainy season starts or it would fall into disrepair.
