Vaunted cryptocurrency runs into a storm as economies fight money laundering, black market crimes
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware and money laundering – despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every transaction is written into a blockchain’s permanent, unchangeable ledger. New evidence suggests that years of advancements in blockchain tracing and crackdowns on...
Pfizer CEO caught on camera explaining plans to milk vaccine cash-cow by ‘mutating’ Covid virus
Project Veritas on Wednesday has released a video of a Pfizer executive admitting that the pharmaceutical firm is internally discussing a way to “mutate” the Covid-19 virus via “directed evolution” in an effort to “pre-emptively develop new vaccines.” The executive Jordon Trishton Walker, is a “Pfizer Director of Research and...
How writing became my refuge as a woman escaping atrocities of South Sudan’s civil war
It was only a few days after I had arrived at a Ugandan refugee camp with my family in mid-2016 that I received the devastating news: Our house back home in South Sudan had been broken into, burgled, and destroyed. I had just endured a terrifying few weeks. Our hometown...
Critics term South Africa’s ruling party’s proposals to tackle violent crime as poorly thought out
The “fight against crime and corruption” is one of the African National Congress’ (ANC) six priorities for 2023, according to the ruling party’s January 8 statement. But it offers little beyond vague and poorly considered proposals on the way forward. The statement, issued each year on the anniversary of the...
Brighton holding midfielder Caicedo looks set to force club to allow him to chase dream at Arsenal
Moises Caicedo has appeared to post a plea to leave Brighton, less than 12 hours after it was revealed that the midfielder was planning to force through a move to either Arsenal or Chelsea before next week”s deadline. The Seagulls star has attracted interest from a host of clubs across...
Scientists mystified by how Africa rode waves of Covid, ignored publicised data on high risks of infection
In a video recorded and posted online by Dr John Campbell – a retired nurse educator – the contradictions between the World Health Organization’s directives regarding the need for Covid-19 shots in Africa and the actual situation on the ground are astonishing. As of December 12, 2022, WHO was still...
Mandela prison guard: Despite Mandela’s occupation with greater good, he selflessly helped people around him
“Nelson Mandela – I’d never heard the name before in my life,” a former prison guard to the South African icon recalls. Christo Brand casts his mind back to 1978, and his first night guarding one of the most influential people of the past century. He was just 19 years...
African peacekeepers on UN assignments top number on military personnel killed in line of duty
Thirty-two United Nations (UN) peacekeeping personnel died in deliberate attacks last year, according to the world body’s staff union. For the ninth year in a row, the UN Multi-Dimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was the deadliest for peacekeepers with 14 fatalities. The West African mission was followed by...
Eastern African bloc IGAD co-opts media in peace and security agenda in push against conflict
The eight-member regional economic community in the East and Horn of Africa region – IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) plans to bring media onside in reporting on peace and security issues in the region. To this end it launched what it calls “a new media network” under the auspices of...
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga revisits 2022 presidential poll, terms current regime illegal
Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has said his political coalition does not recognise William Ruto as the President of Kenya and declared the new Kenyan government as “illegitimate”. Mr Ruto beat him in last August’s poll, but Mr Odinga – who appeared at Nairobi’s Kamukunji Stadium along with his running...
