Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled eight separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia, and Ukraine due to “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. The social media platform announced it had taken down the new networks as part of its monthly report into ...

Seven African countries will start administering coronavirus antibody tests from next week, a regional body said on Thursday, as part of efforts to understand the extent of the outbreak on the continent. “Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco are the first set of countries that committed to it,” said John Nkengasong, head of ...

THE three extremists  with strong allegiance to ISIS who beheaded two women in the Atlas mountains have been sentenced to death by firing squad in Morocco. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found dead on December 17 last year near a popular trekking trail in the Atlas mountains. ...

Mr. Jack Warner, Caribbean FIFA official, 76, accused of taking $10 million bribe to influence World Cup host nation ballot ordered to pay $79 million in damages by US court. Warner was accused of embezzling tens of millions from CONCAF He also allegedly took a $10 million bribe to influence world cup host voting Warner ...

      The African Development Bank, AfDB, will double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, the Bank’s President announced at the One Planet Summit taking place in Nairobi. The Bank’s President, Akinwumi Adesina said that the Bank would commit at least US$25 billion towards climate finance. Speaking at a plenary in the ...

    The National Basket Ball Association’s, NBA’s first professional basketball league outside of North America will begin in Africa next year, the NBA and the sport’s global governing body announced on Saturday. Basketball Africa League (BAL) will feature 12 club teams from across Africa and will launch next January, the NBA and the International ...

    Pope Francis suggested on Wednesday that hostility to immigrants was driven by irrational fear, as he headed to Central America, a staging area from where migrants try to enter the United States. U.S. President, Donald Trump had asked Congress to provide him with $5.7 billion to help fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall to ...

  CG, NIS, Muhammad Babandede   The Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, says the service is committed to combating illegal migration of citizens through unsafe routes either by land or sea and this would be achieved by a global approach. This was made known by the NIS Public Relations Officer, ...

  The Africa’s sustainable development Report, ASDR, urges governments to strengthen their urban planning capacities to manage the potential of the region’s ever-expanding cities and address environmental challenges including climate change, droughts and floods. The 2018 Africa Sustainable Development Report titled “Transformation towards a sustainable and resilient continent” was launched on Tuesday 4 December during a ...

    President Ali Bongo of Gabon   Yet another drama is unfolding as President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Monday made his first appearance since falling ill nearly six weeks ago, in a video shared by the presidency from his medical leave in Morocco. With his exact condition and whereabouts unknown, unsubstantiated rumors have ...