Royal Artillery under fire after denying access to looted Asante treasure'Extraordinary' golden lamb's head pillaged in 1874 from what is now Ghana remains hidden in officers' messThe Royal Artillery is facing criticism after it emerged they are refusing public access to an "extraordinary object" looted by the British army in the 19th century from the Asante people in modern-day Ghana.The glistening golden ram's head would seemingly be worthy of any museum, but it remains hidden within the regiment's mess at Larkhill in Wiltshire. Continue reading...
Robert Mugabe's son charged with attempted murder over Johannesburg shootingBellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, known for lavish lifestyle, also accused of theft and being illegal immigrant after man allegedly shot in backA son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder after a 23-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back on 19 February in an upmarket area of Johannesburg.Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 28, appeared in court on Monday for a brief hearing alongside co-accused Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze. Mugabe's lawyer Sinenhlanhla Mnguni declined to comment when asked by reporters whether the two men were related. Mnguni said he would request bail for his clients at the next hearing on 3 March. Continue reading...
RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has 'hallmarks of genocide', UN mission findsReport details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communitiesThe siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group last October bore "the hallmarks of genocide", a UN-mandated fact-finding mission has said.In a report detailing the harrowing 18-month occupation of the capital of North Darfur, investigators concluded that the RSF and allied militias deliberately inflicted conditions calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Zaghawa and Fur ethnic communities. Continue reading...
More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report saysIntelligence findings read to parliament say 'rogue' agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontlineMore than 1,000 Kenyans have been lured to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, according to an intelligence report to the Kenyan parliament that highlights the scale of a Russian operation taking African men to the frontline.The majority leader of Kenya's national assembly, Kimani Ichung'wah, said "rogue recruitment agencies and individuals in Kenya" were continuing to send Kenyan nationals to fight in the conflict, as he read MPs the summary of an investigation by Kenya's National Intelligence Service. Continue reading...
Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI's George OsborneWithout AI you will be a 'weaker and poorer nation', says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firmThe former chancellor George Osborne has said countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risk "Fomo" and could be left weaker and poorer.Osborne, who is two months into a job as head of the $500bn San Francisco AI company's "for countries" programme, told leaders gathered for the AI Impact summit in Delhi: "Don't be left behind." He said that without AI rollouts they could end up with a workforce "less willing to stay put" because they might want to seek AI-enabled fortunes elsewhere. Continue reading...
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