South Sudan’s refugees fear army brutality as UN forces pull out of protection camps
When she was just nine, Sara Nyatapa fled to a UN camp as South Sudanese government soldiers launched attacks against members of her community during the heat of the civil war. Seven years later, the 16-year-old fears the past may repeat itself after peacekeepers transferred responsibility for protecting her camp...
Hamburg German-African energy forum to power Africa’s economic growth
The African energy sector is in the process of solidifying its partnership with German investors and technology to provide a bridge between businesses in Europe and Africa. From upstream to downstream, Africa’s energy sector is speeding up transition to net-zero and continues to adopt new technologies to realise the goal....
Rugby Africa launches award to celebrate sports journalism, photography
Rugby Africa has announced launch of an award for sports journalists as a way of appreciating the role they play in promoting the sport in Africa. Dubbed Media and Photography Award, its inauguration is set for later this year. According to Rugby Africa General Manager Coralie van Den Berg, category...
Research finds first nuclear detonation created ‘impossible’ quasicrystals
Scientists searching for quasicrystals – so-called ‘impossible’ materials with unusual, non-repeating structures – have identified one in remnants of the world’s first nuclear bomb test. The previously unknown structure, made of iron, silicon, copper and calcium, probably formed from the fusion of vaporized desert sand and copper cables. Similar materials...
Cybersecurity: Importance of security culture in Zero Trust defence models
During a preview of this year’s Republic of South Africa conference, a team from Orange Cyberdefense demonstrated a range of pretty scary scenarios of what can happen when malicious actors take control of a user’s home router. These range from duping users into downloading payloads dressed up as fake VPN...
Covid: Social distancing is a fallacy based on untested studies of the 1930s and 40s
In 2011, the finding that the flu virus was where early textbooks said it should not be – hiding in the air, most often in particles small enough to stay aloft for hours, should have been major news. Instead, the major medical journals rejected her manuscript. Even as Linsey Marr...
Mauritanian Bank launches Masrvi – digital bank powered by TagPay
The Mauritanian Bank for International Trade (BMCI) has partnered with TagPay to roll out its digital bank Masrvi to provide digital, value-added financial services to its customers. Powered by TagPay, Masrvi was launched at the end of April and responds to Mauritanians’ banking needs by providing secure and accessible banking...
Was $735 million US arms sale to Israel meant for ongoing carnage in Gaza?
Some United States legislators are questioning whether a $735 million approved weapons sale to Israel by President Joe Biden’s administration could be used as leverage amid the continuing bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according The Washington Post has reported. The arms sale, which Congress was notified of on May 5,...
Covid19 is not airborne: The 60-year-old scientific screwup that helped coronavirus kill
Early one morning, linsey Marr tiptoed to her dining room table, slipped on a headset and fired up Zoom. On her computer screen, dozens of familiar faces began to appear. She also saw a few people she didn’t know, including Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for...
Basketball Africa League and Flutterwave strike a multiyear partnership
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced on Sunday a multiyear partnership with Flutterwave that makes the payments technology company an associate partner of the BAL. The inaugural BAL season kicked off on Sunday at the Kigali Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, with 12 teams from across Africa competing in the new...
