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EU, France pledge €50m investment in DRC’s infrastructure, mining sector

The European Union has launched an initial mobilization of €50m in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) critical minerals sector and infrastructure projects on the sidelines of the first-ever Kinshasa Economic Forum. The funding was announced at the inaugural Kinshasa Economic Forum, which brought together representatives from the EU, the DRC and France French President Emmanuel […]

Ethiopians sue US tech giant Meta over hate speech inflaming Tigray civil war

Two Ethiopians have filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over hate speech accusing the US tech giant of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook, inflaming the country’s bloody civil war in Tigray region. Filed in Kenya, home to the platform’s content moderation operations related to Ethiopia, the lawsuit […]

Islamic State gets Sahara desert ally

An audio recording from the Mourabitoune group announced that the group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS). The audio was broadcasted by a Mauritanian news agency. The allegiance of the group to the IS will force neighboring countries that share the Sahara desert to reinforce their defense and security cooperation. The audio has […]