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Russia will employ new military unit across Africa

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RUSSIA

Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…

Disinformation is a rising security threat to the West

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INTERNATIONAL

Articles containing the bogus quotes were shared across social media globally. The case illustrates how disinformation is created and spread for malign influence, and its ease of…

Distortion by social media bots will become targeted

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media bots.

State disinformation operations will multiply

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INTERNATIONAL

Global disinformation campaigns

African election fraud will persist despite innovation

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AFRICA

International donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are promoting greater use of technology in elections across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Electoral technology…

Prospects for free media in South Africa are bleak

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SOUTH AFRICA

The public broadcaster may appeal the ruling through the courts. Opposition parties have long bemoaned the dire state of the SABC, but recent controversial moves by Chief…

AI's promise and pitfalls will affect key domains

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INT

AI promises to drive economic efficiencies across sectors, improve the delivery of critical services such as healthcare, democratise access to knowledge and skills, and tighten…

South Africa army deployment will not end gang threat

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SOUTH AFRICA

A week earlier, troops from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) arrived in the Western Cape province for an initial three-month deployment to help quell gang violence…

Abuse reports to raise distrust of Sahel peacekeepers

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SAHEL

MINUSMA has been embroiled in a controversy concerning the presence of a peacekeepers’ camp in the northern Malian town of Aguelhok, where some residents claim that the…

Biden tech policy diverges from Trump's in key areas

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UNITED STATES

However, they are integral to his plans for recovery from the COVID-19 recession and for addressing social injustice, economic inequalities, climate change, national security and…