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Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son sheds light on Nigeria's quality of care

An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...

21hFrance 24HealthImpact

Bitchat tops app charts in Uganda as authorities cut internet

Ugandan officials claimed that they could also shut down the internet-free, encrypted messaging app last week, but haven't done so yet....

9hCoinTelegraphTechnology

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

21hFrance 24education

Malaysia to take legal action against Elon Musk's X and xAI over misuse of Grok chatbot

Authorities said Grok was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual AI images....

20hEuronewsTechnologyImpact

Galaxy Compares DeFi Provisions in Crypto Bill to Patriot Act Surveillance

Galaxy said that new Treasury authorities in a Senate draft could mark the largest surveillance expansion since 2001....

6hDecryptcryptocurrency

WATCH: Paraglider survives nearly 500-foot fall into ocean

A paraglider survived a nearly 500-foot fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida, authorities say....

20hABC Newsaccidents

Suspected scam boss linked to South Korean student’s brutal killing arrested in Thailand

A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...

21hSouth China Morning PostcrimeImpact

Uganda: Crackdown, internet blackout ahead of vote

Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...

15hDeutsche WellePolitics

Honduras rejects ‘illegal’ recount order of vote won by Trump-backed Nasry Asfura

Honduras electoral authorities rejected on Monday an order by the outgoing president to recount November’s election won by Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura. Asfura, a conservative businessman, was ...

23hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

11hFrance 24Politics

Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

5hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

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