Ros Atkins on… The creeping TikTok bans
China has accused the US of exaggerating national security fears about TikTok to suppress the Chinese company. US government agencies…
Biden’s asylum ban: The view from the Darién Gap | Migration
In November of last year, Jesús, a 33-year-old man from the Venezuelan state of Falcón, spent 10 days traversing the…
Libya approves constitutional changes in move towards elections | Elections News
Libya’s High Council of State voted on Thursday for a constitutional amendment intended to provide a basis for elections, but…
Macron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’ | Emmanuel Macron News
President Emmanuel Macron has said the era of French interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation…
Middle East round-up: Talks, then a ‘pogrom’ in Palestine | News
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian villages, Syria’s president is getting friendly with several Arab states, and attacks against African migrants…
Black Wall Street’ survivors granted Ghana citizenship
l Two survivors of the 1921 massacre of black people in the US city of Tulsa have been granted citizenship…
Turbulence injures passengers on flight to Mauritius
l At least 17 passengers have been injured, two of them seriously, after a Condor Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany,…
Ugandan leader defends move to shut UN rights office
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has defended his government’s decision to terminate the operations of the Office of the United Nations…
Mauritania not inviting Wagner group – president
l Mauritanian President Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani says his government has no plans to invite mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group…
Lasers, drones and AI: The future of weeding
“AI is such a steep change in farming’s evolution, it’s like moving from ox to tractor,” says Daniel McCann, who…
Twitter back after two-hour outage affected tweets
The For you feed, a collection of tweets from people similar to those they follow, seemed to be reinstated just…
Tunisia tennis star urges ‘dignity’ amid crackdown on immigrants | News
Ons Jabeur also shares on Twitter a picture of a Tunisian stamp from 1961 celebrating Africa Day. Tunisian tennis star…
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat breaks subscriber record
The 21-year-old has amassed 300,000 subscribers, after a month-long ‘subathon’ to increase viewers. Source link
What’s behind the French leader’s visit to central Africa? | Politics
From: Inside Story France has already announced it’s scaling down its military presence on the African continent. French President Emmanuel…
Analysis: Efforts to end Assad isolation gather speed after quake | GCC News
The February 6 earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 in Turkey and Syria require Arab states to address controversial questions…
TikTok sets 60-minute daily screen time limit for under-18s
“While there’s no collectively-endorsed position on the ‘right’ amount of screen time, or even the impact of screen time more…
Sudan police kill protester in anti-military demonstrations | News
Mazjoob is the 125th protester killed in weekly protests launched after the October 2021 coup. Sudanese police have admitted a…
How an Albanian man traces his Bektashi roots | History
From: Al Jazeera World One man’s journey to discover his Bektashi roots reveals a religious order that suffered centuries of…
Elon Musk defends racist tirade by Dilbert creator Scott Adams
Twitter’s CEO accused US media of racism after multiple newspapers dropped the popular cartoon. Source link
A year into Ukraine war, food prices rise and aid drops in Niger | Food
Maradi, Niger – As butchers chop meat, boys push carts of coconuts and fragrant spices entice passersby in the main…