According to a report by the Financial Times (FT), which met Ukrainian hacker Nikita Knysh, the technique used by his team is simple: create false profiles of women on social networks to flirt with Russian soldiers and obtain their geographical position. This is called hybrid warfare. The conflict between Russia …
Read More »Angola: Top court dismisses opposition petition
Angolan Constitutional Court has rejected a petition by the main opposition party, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita), to annul the results of last month’s general election. The court ruled that Unita’s complaint did not meet the requirements to allow the nullification of the results. Unita filed …
Read More »Mali’s conditions to release the remaining 46 Ivorian soldiers
After releasing three of the 49 Ivorian soldiers, Malian authorities said the only way to release the other 46 was for “Abidjan to officially apologize” to the people of Mali. Arrested on July 10 in Bamako and accused of being “mercenaries,” these 49 soldiers would normally be tried for “attempting …
Read More »Mozambique: Young people pose as jihadists to steal in houses
Five youths posing as jihadists set fire to 13 houses in a village in the jihadist-hit northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, the BBC reported. The young men pretended to be jihadists so as to steal from locals, the authorities said. “One of the men was identified and seized by …
Read More »Mali: Germany threatens to withdraw its troops
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has indicated that her country may end its military support to Mali if the country does not provide for the security needs of its troops. This is a warning to Malian transitional authorities. The head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, addressed authorities in Bamako directly …
Read More »African leaders denounce absence of West at climate summit
Several African leaders on Monday denounced the absence of Western leaders at a summit in Rotterdam in support of Africa’s adaptation to climate change, pleading for more funds two months before COP27 in Egypt. “I cannot fail to note with bitterness the absence of the leaders of the industrialized world”, …
Read More »Burkina Faso: more than 30 civilians killed in a vehicle attack
At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns …
Read More »What will be the fate of opponents under William Ruto?
Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto, whose victory has been upheld by the Supreme Court, has pledged to unite the country and assured dissenting voices that they will not be victimized. Mr Ruto has also said he has not spoken to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in months but would now place a …
Read More »Somalia: several dead and injured in new terrorist attack
At least 17 people died over the weekend in an attack attributed to a terrorist group close to Al-Qaeda targeting transport buses in the Hiran region of central Somalia. According to the official Somali news agency Suna, it was the al-Shabab militia that carried out this operation. “Seventeen civilians were …
Read More »Hawaii: Frenchwoman seriously injured by a shark bite
A French woman is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark in Hawaii on Saturday afternoon, CNN reported. It was in Paia Bay, north of the island of Maui, that this 51-year-old woman was bitten while she was diving. Local police say in a statement released hours after …
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