A notorious Algerian hacker wanted by the FBI has been captured lately at Bangkok’s international airport while travelling from Malaysia to Egypt. The hacker, Hamza Bendelladj, and his family had just spent their vacation in Malaysia. The U.S. authorities were hunting down Bendelladj for nearly three years for having hacked private accounts in more than […]
The new rush for lithium — sometimes referred to as ‘white gold’ — in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, according to a latest study by UK-based nonprofit Global Witness that investigated three emerging lithium mines in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study has found that […]
The U.S. administration has underscored its strong support for the principled stand taken by ECOWAS in defense of democracy and constitutional order in Niger. Washington voiced its firm stand in a telephone conversation U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Molly Phee had Thursday with Algerian Foreign Minister Attaf as the ruling junta started maneuvering against […]
