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Digital sovereignty at risk: AfriNIC crisis sparks alarm across Africa

Africa’s digital sovereignty hangs in the balance as AfriNIC, the continent’s sole internet registry, faces potential collapse under mounting legal pressure and governance failure, raising fears of cybercrime and loss of digital sovereignty. The crisis — escalating since 2022 — has reached a critical stage with Cloud Innovation Ltd. filing for judicial liquidation on 9 […]

New Mauritius gov’t questions Chagos archipelago deal with UK

The UK government has said it still sticks to the plan to hand over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius even after the country’s new leader backed away from the contentious deal, arguing that it did not benefit his country enough. London announced it will transfer the sovereignty over the contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which […]

Morocco, Spain Nab Recruiters of Women for the Islamic State

Moroccan and Spanish security authorities have captured seven terrorists, members of a network that recruits women and sends them the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq. Four people were arrested in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla while the 5th suspect was picked in Barcelona. The Moroccan police caught two others in Fnideq. […]