Africa

Cameroon is expanding digital learning in schools to help close the technology skills gap with other African countries. It’s also part of a wider government plan to prepare students for the modern job market

The University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest university, has voiced plans to hire experts to replace lecturers on strike in a further attempt to bring back normalcy for students

Weeks of intelligence and surveillance brought to the arrest of 120 individuals suspected of engaging in internet fraud and being linked to various forms of cybercrime; coordinated raids were conducted across multiple locations in Lagos State

Armel Silvère Dongou, responsible in the government for raising bond funds on the regional markets, fled the country last month; he is the focus of an investigation by the Brazzaville public prosecutor's office into embezzlement

54 smallholder farming businesses have been funded through the 'Green Energy Transition for Sustainable Agriculture' project of the National Development Bank since Oct 2022, officials revealed this week, thanks to an €850.000 grant from German government

Amnesty International urged the United Nations Security Council to enforce and renew an arms embargo on South Sudan, accusing Uganda of breaching the ban by deploying troops and military equipment to the conflict-stricken country

South Sudan must repay $657 million to the African Export-Import Bank over unpaid pandemic and trade-related loans; according to Global Trade Review, the British court ruling followed gov and central bank failure to respond to lawsuit or attend hearings

Morocco is among 64 countries where the majority of people believe the top purpose of democracy is to improve living standards and well-being, not just as a system to protect freedoms, according to 2025 Democracy Perception Index

16 Namibian companies have expressed interest in contributing to establish a new national airline, announced for December 2026; a dedicated technical committee has been set up to guide the process of setting up the new national carrier

Relation with Russia is deteriorating after decades of military cooperation since the cold war; Russia's influence in the Sahel has caused tensions, forcing Algeria to rethink its defence strategy, its alliance policy and its dependence on Moscow for arms

A group of 60 white Afrikaners took part in a resettlement program of the Trump administration: they flew to Washington, D.C. on a charter jet after the U.S. granted expedited refugee status over claims they were facing racial discrimination on home soil