Mauritius, one of Africa’s most stable democracies, conducted parliamentary elections Sunday as Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s ruling party sought to secure a second five-year term. The election follows recent controversy over the government’s temporary social media restrictions during a wiretapping scandal involving leaked conversations of prominent figures. Approximately one million registered voters participated in the […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday laid into the country’s judiciary for expanding tight control of internet, noting that the move will not achieve anything. The judiciary dominated by anti-west hardliners have banned several social media networks including Facebook and Twitter over “immoral content” and for political reasons. Despite the ban, millions of Iranians use VPNs […]
The Moroccan Association for Advanced Sciences, Innovation and Research (MASCIR) will soon put on the market the first African-manufactured kits to diagnose breast cancer and leukaemia, a move that will cut costs and waiting times for patients in Morocco and the wider African continents, wrote the UK newspaper the Guardian. “The price of the kit […]
