Category: Security
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Libya’s central bank suspends operations after kidnapping of official
Libya’s Tripoli-based central bank said on Sunday it would shut down all operations and not resume work until a senior bank official kidnapped earlier in the day was released. The central bank is the only internationally recognised depository for Libyan oil revenues, a vital economic income for a country torn for years between two rival…
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SADC leaders unanimously sign declaration to safeguard rights of persons with albinism
The declaration, adopted and signed by heads of state from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the 44th Ordinary SADC Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, aims to address the various challenges faced by individuals with albinism in the region. “[The] summit adopted and signed the SADC Declaration on the Protection of Persons with Albinism, signifying…
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Nigeria police working to secure release of 20 kidnapped medical students
The Nigerian Medical Association says students from universities of Jos and Maiduguri were taken while travelling in Benue State. Nigerian police and security agencies are working to secure the release of 20 medical students who were kidnapped in the eastern part of the country, officials say. The medical students were on their way to an…
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US federal judge again dismisses Mexico’s lawsuit against most gun manufacturers
A recent ruling by a U.S. federal judge in Massachusetts has again dismissed most of the Mexican government’s $10 billion lawsuit against several major U.S. gun manufacturers. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, sought to hold these companies accountable for the flow of firearms into Mexico, which the Mexican government argues contributes to the violence…
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A Nigerian court recently froze nearly $38 million in cryptocurrency that authorities claim was intended to support protests
A Nigerian court recently froze nearly $38 million in cryptocurrency that authorities claim was intended to support protests against the rising cost of living in the country. The protests, part of the “#EndBadGovernance” movement, have been driven by increasing public dissatisfaction with inflation and the depreciation of the Nigerian naira. The decision to freeze the…
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Eswatini Upholds Contentious Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Sedition and Subversive Activities Laws
A decision by the Supreme Court of Eswatini has provoked fears that the state will use two controversial laws against political activists and human rights watchdogs. The Supreme Court of Eswatini has ruled that the country’s controversial Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA) and Sedition and Subversive Activities Act (SSA) are in fact constitutional – overruling…
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Ex-Google CEO-Turned ‘Licensed Arms Dealer’ Eric Schmidt Creating ‘Powerful’ AI ‘Robotic War’ Machines For ‘Offensive’ Fighting
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently spoke with a group of Stanford University students about his military drone company White Stork. The two goals of the company is to “use Ai in complicated, powerful ways for these, essentially robotic war” and to manufacture said robots cheaply, according to the tech guru. Schmidt nervously rubbed his…
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Ugandan court convicts LRA rebel leader of war crimes in landmark trial
Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 offences, including crimes against humanity, on Tuesday in Uganda’s first trial of an LRA member, marking a historic moment for the East African country. Thomas Kwoyelo, who was charged for crimes committed during a bloody two-decade LRA rebellion in northern Uganda,…
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Two South Korean missionaries kidnapped in northern Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped two South Korean missionaries in northern Kenya, near the border of Ethiopia, on Monday evening while eight Kenyans were shot dead in a separate incident in the region, local officials said. The arid borderlands between Kenya and Ethiopia are awash with weapons and suffer frequent raids by armed groups, and last year the…
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“No one will go through Senegal to destabilize Mali or any other brotherly country,” Senegalese Prime Minister states
During his visit to Bamako, Ousmane Sonko recalled that he was “the first to denounce the embargo that was made on Mali by brotherly countries,” and he continues to maintain this position. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, gathered within the AES, must be respected in their “sovereign choices,” Ousmane Sonko maintained. “So what are we…
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