South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the opening of a new Huawei Innovation Center in the country, expressing hope that the Chinese giant’s new technologies would help Africa “leapfrog into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Speaking at the launch event in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa commended Huawei for its “confidence in the South African economy and its […]
Morocco was elected on Friday in the person of Nadia Annouz, Vice-President of the National Authority for Probity, Prevention, and Fight against Corruption, as a member of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC) for a 6-year term. The election took place during the 45th session of the AU Executive Council held in Accra, […]
Guinean security forces have arrested several civil society leaders ahead of protests against a planned constitutional review that many fear would allow President Alpha Condé to run for a third or even fourth term in office. The Guinean constitution, adopted just nine years ago, limits the president to two five-year terms. Condé’s second term ends […]
