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Twitter suspends millions of accounts

Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the platform, the Washington...

SA Presidency website suffers hacking attack

The website of South Africa's presidency, (thepresidency.gov.za) suffered a hacking attack on Saturday. News24 reports that the hackers were unknown. The managers of the site...

Museveni defends Uganda’s social media tax

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has mounted a strong defense for his government's recently announced social media tax policy. The tax regime which affects social media...

Uganda’s social media tax challenged in court

Uganda’s latest social media tax system is facing a legal challenge after a group of activists filed a petition in court. The petition filed to...

Ivory Coast to produce power from cocoa waste

Ivory Coast is set to produce biomass power from wastes from cocoa pods. The West African nation is leading cocoa producer in the world. It...

Social media tax takes effect in Uganda

A tax regime for using social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook takes effect in Uganda. Uganda's Parliament last month passed a law that...

Google retires DoubleClick, AdWords brand names

Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Wednesday the biggest-ever rebranding of its advertising software, retiring the DoubleClick and AdWords brands to streamline entry points for...

EU readers blocked from US news sites

Major American news sites, including the Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News, remain unavailable to readers in the EU, a month...

Why Algeria turned off internet for high school exams

Algeria has switched off internet services across the country. The country’s authorities say it is to help fight cheating during exams in high schools. The restriction...

Oldest Sumatran orangutan dies in Australia

The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants. Puan, described as the "grand old lady"...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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