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Angola Moves Toward a Mine-Free Future
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After three decades of civil war, Angola is left with a deadly legacy: land mines. Although fighting ended in 2002, Angola remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. Land mine explosions killed 76 people in…
Ghana Launches Operations Center to Fight Cybercrime
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Ghana opened a security operations center (SOC) to monitor and respond to cyberattacks.
The center, run by the National Information Technology Agency under the Ministry of Communications, will protect data from Ghana’s…
Smartphone Malware Leads to Calls for African Tech Independence
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Cyber security experts say Africa’s top smartphone brand has sold tens of thousands of phones loaded with malicious software. The phones drain users’ data, sign them up for subscription services without their knowledge, and…
Clinic Offers Hope to Victims of Extremist Violence in Burkina Faso
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Asseta Rouamba was one of thousands fleeing extremist violence in Burkina Faso’s troubled north when her daughter contracted malaria, putting the pair in an even more desperate situation.
“We are exposed. In…
Tunisian Company Prints ‘Bionic Hands’
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa.
Unlike traditional devices, the artificial…
Peace Activist Fights for Women’s Place at the Negotiating Table
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At a negotiating table for the conflict in South Sudan, Rita Lopidia Abraham is a rare sight. As a woman, she sits across from mostly male representatives of warring parties. Some of them have questioned why she is there at…