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The Golden Top Support Service employees in Lusaka, Zambia. — courtesy Drug Enforcement Commission
Zambia uncovers 'sophisticated' Chinese cybercrime syndicate
LUSAKA — A "sophisticated Internet fraud syndicate" has been uncovered in Zambia, leading to the arrest of 77 people, including 22 Chinese nationals.It was a "significant breakthrough in the fight against cybercrime", the authorities said after a multi-agency raid on a Chinese-run company.The firm employed Zambians who believed they were to be call-center agents.Among equipment seized were devices allowing callers to disguise their location and thousands of Sim cards.Golden Top Support Services, the company at the center of the raid, has not commented on the allegations.The swoop on its premises, located in Roma, an upmarket suburb of the capital, Lusaka, was led by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and also involved the police, the immigration department and...
April 10, 2024

Zambia uncovers 'sophisticated' Chinese cybercrime syndicate

Jacob Zuma was president of South Africa between 2009 and 2018.
Zuma wins court battle to stand in South Africa's election
PRETORIA — South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is free to run in May's general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy.Last month the electoral commission barred him over a contempt of court conviction.It argued the constitution prevented people from holding public office if convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than 12 months in prison.Zuma, 81, has been campaigning for the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party.A former stalwart of the governing African National Congress (ANC), he is a controversial figure and served as president from 2009 until 2018, when he had to step down because of corruption allegations.He was sentenced to 15 months in jail in 2021 for failing to testify in a corruption investigation, though he only served three months on...
April 09, 2024

Zuma wins court battle to stand in South Africa's election

Betta Edu attends an event in Johannesburg, South Africa – 2018. — courtesy Getty Images
Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation — EFCC
ABUJA — The 37-year-old poverty alleviation minister denied any wrongdoing when she was suspended in JanuaryNigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says.The funds were traced to more than 50 bank accounts, it said.Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was initially suspended in January over the alleged diversion of $640,000 of public money into a personal bank account.President Bola Tinubu then ordered an investigation into her Ministry.At the time Dr. Edu, 37, denied any wrongdoing. Her office said she had approved the transfer into a personal account, which was not in her name, but said it was for the “implementation of grants to vulnerable groups”.The Economic...
April 09, 2024

Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation — EFCC

A foreign soldier stationed in DR Congo (File). — courtesy AFP
Tanzanian soldiers killed in DR Congo missile attack
KIGALI — A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three soldiers from a southern African military force.All of those who died were from Tanzania. Three others were hurt."Hostile" missile fire "fell near the camp where they were staying," said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday.None of the soldiers has been named, nor have further details been given on where or when the attack took place.SADC has also not said who was responsible for the attack on its soldiers.The Southern African regional force was invited in by the Congolese government last year to halt worsening insecurity linked to numerous rebel groups vying for control of territory and eastern DR Congo's rich mineral resources.Chief among them is the...
April 08, 2024

Tanzanian soldiers killed in DR Congo missile attack

The jailed opposition politicians are reportedly being held in Lomé prison. — courtesy Matteo Fraschini Koffi
Togo concern for critically ill arrested politician, 74
LOMÉ — A 74-year-old politician with "critical" health issues is in jail as Togolese authorities crackdown on dissent, an spokesperson for the nation's opposition coalition says.Tensions heightened after Togo's parliament passed a bill proposing huge changes to the political system.Elections scheduled for April 20 were later postponed.Five opposition activists were arrested for campaigning against the reforms, a DMK coalition spokesperson said.Under the bill passed on March 25, the president of the West African nation would become a symbolic position selected by parliament, rather than being directly elected.Executive power would instead go to a prime minister.Opposition parties have rejected the reform, arguing that it could allow President Faure Gnassingbé to stay...
April 08, 2024

Togo concern for critically ill arrested politician, 74

Fishermen on Mozambique Island (file photo)
Mozambique ferry disaster kills more than 90
MAPUTO — More than 90 people have died after a ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities say.Officials in Nampula province said five people had been rescued of the around 130 believed to have been on board.They were fleeing a cholera outbreak, Nampula Secretary of State Jaime Neto said. Many children were among the dead, he added."Because the boat was overcrowded and unsuited to carry passengers it ended up sinking," said Mr Neto.Unverified video posted on social media purported to show dozens of bodies lying on a beach.The boat was apparently travelling from Lunga to Mozambique Island, off the coast of Nampula, Portuguese broadcaster RTP reported.Nampula province has been one of the worst-affected by the cholera outbreak which has spread over several...
April 08, 2024

Mozambique ferry disaster kills more than 90

World failed us in 1994, Rwanda President Kagame says
KIGALI — Rwanda’s president said the international community “failed all of us”, as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.President Paul Kagame addressed dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, to commemorate the bloodshed.“Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss,” he said.“And the lessons we learned are engraved in blood.”On this day in 1994, extremists from the Hutu ethnic group launched a 100-day killing spree, in which members of the Tutsi minority and Hutu moderates were slaughtered.The mainly Tutsi forces who took power following the genocide were alleged to have killed thousands of Hutu people in Rwanda in retaliation.On Sunday, Kagame and a group of dignitaries placed...
April 07, 2024

World failed us in 1994, Rwanda President Kagame says

Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate. — courtesy Marie Makuate
One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race
YAOUNDÉ — Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people on Earth in emergencies, but she argues the expense of the data should spur more African countries to launch their own space hardware.In the hours after the deadly earthquake struck central Morocco last September, the 32-year-old’s phone started buzzing.She was thousands of kilometers from the zone of destruction, but her skills analyzing satellite images were vital.“I woke up hearing message notifications of my colleagues telling me that there had been a disaster in Morocco,” Makuate told the BBC from her base in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé.As a geospatial expert for the NGO Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, she creates maps to...
April 07, 2024

One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race

Defender Fleurs joined Kaizer Chiefs last October
South African footballer shot dead in car hijacking
JOHANNESBURG — South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, his team says.The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida.The 24-year-old was waiting to be attended to when he was approached by unknown gunmen, who ordered him to get out of the vehicle.One of the suspects fled the scene with Fleurs' car after the shooting."The suspects pointed [at] him with a firearm and took him out of his vehicle, then shot him once on the upper body," Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo told local media.His team, Kaizer Chiefs, says the death was "tragic".It said police were handling the matter and further details would be communicated in due course.Sports Minister Zizi...
April 04, 2024

South African footballer shot dead in car hijacking

Mnangagwa said on Wednesday the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to tackle hunger caused by low rainfall which has wiped out about half of the maize crop.
Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought
HARARE — Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis.Mnangagwa said on Wednesday the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to tackle hunger caused by low rainfall which has wiped out about half of the maize crop.The grain shortage has pushed up food prices and an estimated 2.7 million people will face hunger.Neighboring Zambia and Malawi have also declared states of disasters due to drought recently.The drought is a result of the El Nino global weather pattern and has triggered a humanitarian crisis in southern Africa.Zimbabwe now joins the regional scramble to find enough maize on the international market.Authorities say that the number of people needing food aid will be higher than the initial projection.Zimbabwe was once...
April 03, 2024

Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought

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