Month: March 2023
The France AI-assisted Olympics surveillance
Artificial intelligence software would “detect in real time pre-determined events likely to pose or reveal a risk” of “terrorist acts or serious breaches of security”, such as unusual crowd movements or abandoned bags. French government plans to trial surveillance cameras upgraded with artificial intelligence at the 2024 Paris Olympics have opponents fuming at what they
The anti-LGBTQ law in Uganda restrictions
Individuals and institutions found to support or fund LGBTQ rights advocacy work, those who publish, broadcast or distribute literature deemed pro-LGBTQ could face prosecution and imprisonment. Uganda’s new and stricter laws to punish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people puts draconian restrictions on the media and advocates for LGBTQ rights too. Journalists in Uganda
Burundi troops in DRC occupies M23 positions
The East African Community regional force has continuously taken control of positions vacated by the M23 rebels as part of their mandate as stipulated by the Luanda agreement signed in November 2022. Kenya and Burundi are the only countries that have deployed in the regional force.Burundian troops have taken over territories vacated by the M23
The Arrest of Five Iranian girls for Dancing to Rema’s Song
The song “Calm Down” became a global hit after Rema issued a remix with superstar Selena Gomez. Five young Iranian ladies who danced to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor, professionally known as Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ have been allegedly arrested. The footage showed the women dancing and slightly showing their stomachs, near highrise
TikTok boss to be grilled by US Republican and Democratic lawmakers on data safety and security
There are currently several pieces of legislation, including one bill backed by the White House, already paving the way for a ban of the app if TikTok fails to split from its parent company, Chinese firm ByteDance. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will staunchly deny allegations by US lawmakers on Thursday that the hugely popular
Uganda to host the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 2024
The Non-Aligned Movement is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The Non-Aligned Movement has a membership of 53 countries from Africa, 39 from Asia, 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean and
China-Russia oil pipeline
Beijing emerged as an economic lifeline for Moscow last year, especially through energy purchases, after Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut off crucial trade links. Moscow is confident that the new pipeline Power of Siberia 2 is going ahead. Putin said after talks with Xi that “all agreements have been reached” on the
Dimitri Medvedev belives that the western countries will try to intervene in Russia Elections next year
Former Russian president believes the West will try to intervene in Russia’s presidential election, scheduled for 2024. The objective of this intervention, he reproached, would be ”to destabilize the political situation and divide the country into parts, negotiate with each of those parts, denuclearize and demilitarize them, and then come to offer their services”. For
Serbia-Kosovo agreement
Belgrade and Pristina have been negotiating for decades in Brussels with poor results and a poor record of implementation of the agreements already reached, weighed down by conflicts stemming from Kosovo’s violent secession from Serbia in the late 1990s.General applauds the recent announcement by the European Union (EU) on an agreement between the parties on
Haiti gang violence
Clashes between gangs are becoming more violent and more frequent, as they try to expand their territorial control throughout the capital,during the first two weeks of March, the UN said that at least 208 people had been killed, most of whom were the victims of snipers firing indiscriminately at people in their homes or in