Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) experts discussed the evolution of the cyberthreat landscape in the region during its 9th annual Cyber Security Weekend – META 2024, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The focal point of the discussions was the security of emerging technology trends such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), that are influencing the scale of modern threats. In parallel, threats targeting industrial control systems within critical infrastructure, in the Middle East, Africa, and […]

Legislative moves by the UK Government to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda – including by drastically stripping back the courts’ ability to scrutinise removal decisions - run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk delivering a serious blow to human rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned today. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill requires every “decision […]

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Google LLC (Google) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster and accelerate digital transformation in Africa on the margins of the 2024 edition of the Africa Business Forum.  The partnership is founded on the complementary expertise and strengths of both parties who wish to collaborate on activities to support ECA’s mandate such as digital development in Africa in line […]

More than 10 million children were forced to flee their homes last year in the world’s 10 largest crises, according to new Save the Children analysis. This has likely pushed the number of children displaced globally to more than 50 million, the highest ever [1], with numbers more than doubling since 2010.  Save the Children analysed available figures from the 10 largest displacement crises of 2023 to see how many […]

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has offered his condolences to His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan and his Royal Highness Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II, on the passing of Mr. Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saif, the father of Her Royal Highness Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein, wife of the Jordanian Crown Prince. President El-Sisi has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy for the family and […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad considers that the selection of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, to assume the presidency of the African Union by his counterparts in North Africa, and the unanimous recommendation of this selection by the countries of the continent, are evidence of the recognition of His Excellency’s commitment to the unity and progress of Africa, as […]

On 17 February, in Addis Ababa, HE. Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and current President-in-Office of the African Union (AU), expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude to African leaders for his choice as President of the African Union. In his opening speech at the 37th session of the AU Conference of Heads of State and Government, he said he was grateful for […]

AU-IBAR recently organised a practical training event in Dakar, Senegal, in collaboration with the Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EISMV), in an effort to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). From February 12th to 16th, 2024, ten animal health professionals and technicians from the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cote D'Ivoire, Niger, Mauritania, Guinea Conakry, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Djibouti met […]

Since the first reported cholera outbreak in Ethiopia on August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have continued to respond to the ongoing outbreak with technical and financial support from WHO and other stakeholders. The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a significant step towards combating cholera in Ethiopia by setting up 17 standard cholera treatment centers across the country. This initiative, which […]