Africa & rest of the world

Africa & rest of the world

YouTube attacks Australia’s world-first social media ban

YouTube yesterday attacked Australia’s looming social media ban for under-16s as rushed, but the government called the policy a shield to protect children from “predatory” algorithms.

2d ago

YouTube says Australia social media ban makes children 'less safe'

Australia will from December 10 ban users under the age of 16 from world's most popular social media platforms

3d ago

G20 grapples with splintering world order

G20 leaders gathered in South Africa yesterday hailed multilateralism -- even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries.

1w ago

50 children kidnapped from Nigerian school have escaped: Christian group

303 children, 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen from St Mary's Co-educational School

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UAE announces $1b initiative to expand AI in Africa

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities.

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Gunmen seize 315 students in Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said yesterday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.

1w ago

Over 310 pupils and teachers kidnapped from Nigerian school

Nigeria is still scarred by the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls by Boko Haram jihadists

2w ago

Australia rejects offer to co-host UN climate summit with Turkey

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday was firmly opposed to the suggestion of co-hosting

2w ago

New ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Australia

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.

3w ago

No US officials to attend G20 in S Africa

President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country.

3w ago

Sudan defence minister says army to keep fighting after US truce proposal

No details of US truce proposal have been made public yet

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Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat

Earlier, Trump claimed that thousands of Christians were being killed in Nigeria

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Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

US president says Nigeria has not done enough to stop killings of Christians

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Situation in Sudan ‘apocalyptic’

Thousands of civilians are feared trapped and in imminent danger in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after its fall to paramilitaries, Doctors Without Borders said yesterday, as Germany’s top diplomat described the situation there as “apocalyptic”.

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Landslide kills at least 13 in western Kenya

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing

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Hundreds may have been executed in capture of Sudanese city: UN rights office

The RSF has dismissed past accusations of abuses, and have made counter-accusations against the Sudanese army

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UN calls for end to Sudan siege after mass hospital killings

The WHO said the hospital was on Sunday "attacked for the fourth time in a month, killing one nurse and injuring three other health workers"

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