Category: African Business
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🇧🇫 Inside Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s Elite Security Detail
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the transitional leader of Burkina Faso, has gained global attention not only for his revolutionary leadership and strong Pan-African stance but also for the formidable security detail that surrounds him. His protection team is no ordinary presidential guard — it’s a meticulously crafted unit, deeply rooted in discipline, loyalty, and elite training.…
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School districts hit with extortion attempts months after education tech data breach
The attempted extortion has so far targeted schools in Canada and North Carolina. One of the largest providers of education tech paid off hackers so that they wouldn’t publish tens of millions of children’s personal information. But school districts are facing extortion attempts anyway. The company, PowerSchool, missed a basic cybersecurity step, according to a…
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Hackers Expose Deportation Flight Secrets—Including Transfers to El Salvador’s Notorious CECOT Prison
A recent cyberattack on GlobalX, the airline contracted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation flights—known as “ICE Air”—has uncovered shocking details that reverberate far beyond U.S. borders. Hackers affiliated with Anonymous penetrated the airline’s systems and retrieved internal documents, including passenger manifests from multiple deportation flights. Among those listed was Ricardo…
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🇱🇷 Over a dozen Burkinabés flee illegal mining site as Bong authorities launch crackdown
Gbankonah, Bong County — Authorities in Bong County say more than a dozen Burkinabé nationals are on the run following the discovery of a hazardous and illegal mining operation in the Gbankonah area of District 4. The bust followed an unannounced inspection by a joint task force comprising Bong County Superintendent Loleyah Hawa Norris, County Attorney…
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Singer Rihanna stuns with baby bump at Met Gala, third pregnancy confirmed
She arrived “fashionably late”, according to her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky. But when she did, Rihanna turned heads and cameras on the carpet immediately. Aside from her outfit, featuring pinstripes and an enormous black hat – in accordance with this year’s Met Gala theme honouring the fashion movement of black dandyism – the singer attracted…
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How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024
How Cocoa Beans Beat Bitcoin: The Sweetest Investment of 2024 In a surprising turn of events, cocoa beans—humble seeds that fuel the global chocolate industry—have outshined Bitcoin as the best-performing commodity of 2024. While the world watched Bitcoin smash records, briefly soaring past the $100,000 mark in December, cocoa quietly made an even bigger leap.…
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Documentary Review: Malcolm X (1978) by Gil Noble – A Timeless Pan-African Chronicle
Reviewed for Pan African News Blog Gil Noble’s 1978 documentary Malcolm X, produced for Like It Is on WABC-TV in collaboration with McGraw-Hill Films, remains one of the most compelling and comprehensive portraits of the revolutionary leader. Noble, a pioneering Black journalist, crafts a gripping narrative that not only chronicles Malcolm X’s life but also…
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Ivory Coast: opposition coalition calls for electoral reform ahead of presidential election
Ivory Coast’s “coalition for peaceful change” or CAP Côte d’Ivoire, called for electoral reform ahead of the crucial vote for the next president, set to take place on 25 October 2025. Among the recently-formed group’s demands for change are notably a revision of the electoral lists and the publication of election results by polling station.…
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Is an African pope a priority for the upcoming conclave?
Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pontiff, or a conservative or progressive. Although they come from 70 different countries, the 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in finding a pope who will be able to make the 2,000-year-old church…
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Morocco’s capital, Rabat, seeing uptick in luxury tourism
With its warm weather and rich history, the Moroccan capital Rabat is seeing a growth in its luxury tourism sector, with five new opulent hotels under construction. “We have approximately 10 luxury hotels, all of them international brands. The goal is to attract the largest number of foreign tourists,” says regional tourism delegate, Noureddine Sridi.…
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