South Africa deports Mugabe's son for unrelated offences after employee shot at family homeBellarmine Chatunga Mugabe also fined after pleading guilty to immigration and firearms-related offencesTwo months after an employee was shot in the back at the Mugabe family home in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, a South African court has fined and ordered the deportation of Robert Mugabe's youngest son over two unrelated charges.Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, and his cousin Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, 33, were initially both charged with attempted murder after the incident on 19 February. Continue reading...
'It will never cover what's authentic': African music industry weighs up AI risks and rewardsDelegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talentLast July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral moment: an unauthorised version of a track by her featuring an AI choir had been released, quickly becoming an internet sensation. To get ahead of the situation, she recorded her own remix that integrated the AI-assisted song and added it to her discography."In my view, [that] was smart and very business aware," Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, a Lagos-based entertainment lawyer, observed a few months later. "She essentially reclaimed the 'AI version' and released it as her own official expression." Continue reading...
Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aidSoaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOsThe volatility of global oil prices caused by the US and Israel's war on Iran is taking a toll on the most vulnerable people, by slowing or blocking food and medical aid from reaching them.Now aid organisations are calling for a "humanitarian corridor" to be opened through the strait of Hormuz amid rocketing transportation costs. Continue reading...
Russia claims its Africa Corps group prevented coup in Mali after rebels seize townsKremlin-controlled paramilitaries also alleged it inflicted 'irreplaceable losses' on insurgents avoiding civilian casualtiesRussia's defence ministry has claimed its Africa Corps - the successor to the former Wagner mercenary group - prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend, avoiding mass civilian casualties and inflicting "irreplaceable losses" on rebel insurgents.It said in a statement that its troops in the desert town of Kidal near the Algerian border had fought for more than 24 hours while completely surrounded and vastly outnumbered. It also alleged, without providing evidence, that the militants had been trained by European mercenary instructors, including Ukrainians. The casualty toll was not specified. Continue reading...
Fears of resurgence in Somali piracy after three vessels hijacked in a weekPirates appear to be taking advantage of international naval strength being diverted to Middle EastThree vessels have been hijacked off the coast of Somalia in the past week, raising fears of a resurgence in piracy around the Horn of Africa, and adding to the woes of the global shipping industry.The merchant vessel Sward was taken over on 26 April, a day after a dhow was seized. These followed the 21 April hijacking of Honour 25, a motor tanker carrying 18,000 barrels of oil, according to the Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (MSCIO), the tracking service of the EU's naval force. Continue reading...
US supreme court conservatives seem to favor ending TPS for Haitians and SyriansNine justices were hearing Trump administration that it has authority to strip immigrants' temporary protected status The US supreme court heard oral arguments on Wednesday over whether the Trump administration can strip the temporary protected status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of immigrant Haitians and Syrians, under a program that has shielded them from deportation owing to safety concerns in their countries of origin.During the arguments, justices in the conservative-leaning majority appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's attempts to strip humanitarian protections for the Syrians and Haitians in this case. Continue reading...
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