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Senegal suspends Tik Tok app until further notice to curb “heinous and subversive” messages

Senegalese authorities on Wednesday August 2 blocked access to social media app TikTok over “heinous and subversive” messages following the arrest of political leader Ousman Sonko on Monday. The ban on TikTok came days after the government suspended access to mobile phone data to prevent the circulation of subversive messages which could undermine public disorder. […]

AfCFTA needs seamless movement of people and nexus with industrialization

Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can only be successful if there is seamless movement of people, goods and services and a reinforced nexus with the continent’s industrialization so as to effectively realize Africa’s critical development aspirations. AfCFTA can only be successful if there is seamless movement of people, goods and services, according to Dr. […]

Libya : New cabinet and foreign intervention rejected

The House of Representatives, Libya’s parliament based in Tobruk, has rejected a team of cabinet ministers presented by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni to form the new government. The rejection comes as another blow to the political transition of a country that seems to head for a civil war. According to Speaker Faraj Hashim, one of […]