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Tunisia, FBI discuss cyber security and electronic crime

Tunisia’s Minister of Communication Technologies, Nizar Ben Neji, has held discussions with the Head of the Department of Science and Technology, Katie Noyes, as well as high-level delegation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the US Department of Justice on cybersecurity and electronic crime, and ways of protecting networks and basic digital infrastructures. […]

Oil-rich Libya faces fuel supply crisis as $1 billion in unpaid import bills mount

Oil-rich but war-torn Libya is teetering on the edge of a fuel supply crisis, with more than $1 billion in unpaid dues for imported fuel threatening to disrupt deliveries and deepen the country’s economic woes. The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned that international suppliers are growing increasingly reluctant to continue shipments without payment […]

South African Speaker resigns amid corruption case

South Africa’s Parliament speaker and ANC member Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula gave up her seat, after she lost a bid that would block her arrest over a corruption case. The Speaker, like many of ANC leaders, is accused of receiving bribes amounting to 135,000 dollars from a defense contractor when she was defense minister. Her case highlights […]