Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, a technology giant which is owned by its parent company Meta, its minister for information, communication and technology (ICT) said on Monday, August 1, after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension. The watchdog’s ultimatum […]
Brice Paillat, Gabon’s Transportation Minister, tendered on Thursday his resignation to President Ali Bongo Ondimba, few days after the sinking of a ferry off the capital coasts, killing 21 people. “The Deputy Minister of Transport will handle day-to-day business until a new minister is appointed,” state-run news agency AGP announced, adding that the Gabonese leader […]
Egyptian fighter jets have stricken bases of the Islamic State (Daesh) in eastern Libya after the latter claimed the attack south of Cairo on a bus carrying Copts that left 29 dead. The Copts had been travelling to the monastery of St Samuel the Confessor, 85 miles south of Cairo, when their small convoy was […]
