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Ghana says repairs on subsea cables could take five weeks

Ghana says repairs on subsea cables could take five weeks

REPAIRS on damaged subsea cables that are causing internet outages across West and Central Africa are expected to take at least five weeks before completion and full-service restoration, Ghana's communications regulator said. The break in the cables has led to widespread disruption of internet and telecommunications-linked businesses, including banks, mobile phone operations, money transfer agencies and stock exchange markets. Ghana's National Communications Authority said it held a meeting with the four subsea cable landing service providers - Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, owned by data centre operator Equinix, South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3) and the West Africa Cable System (WACS) - and…
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Indian Navy seizes ship from Somali pirates and rescues 17 crew

Indian Navy seizes ship from Somali pirates and rescues 17 crew

INDIAN naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said. The navy said in a post on social media platform X that all 35 pirates aboard the ship, the Maltese-flagged bulk cargo vessel Ruen, had surrendered, and the ship had been checked for the presence of illegal arms, ammunition and contraband. The Ruen had been hijacked last year and the navy said it had intercepted the vessel on Friday. The vessel may have been used as the base for the takeover of a…
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DRC lifts moratorium on death penalty

DRC lifts moratorium on death penalty

DEMOCRATIC Republic Congo has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty, citing treachery and espionage in recurring armed conflicts as the reason for allowing a resumption of executions, said a justice ministry circular seen by Reuters on Friday. The Central African country introduced the moratorium on the death penalty in early 2000. However, it has never been abolished. Justice Minister Rose Mutombo wrote in the circular dated March 13 that the death penalty was reintroduced to rid the army of traitors and curb the resurgence of terrorism and banditry acts. The decision was adopted by a council of ministers on…
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Senegal opposition leader backs off promise to create national currency

Senegal opposition leader backs off promise to create national currency

SENEGAL will seek to implement a reform of the West Africa region's CFA franc currency at a regional level first and if that fails, will consider creating a national currency, opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said. Speaking at a joint press conference with presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye a day after they were both released from jail, Sonko's comments seemed aimed at easing concerns after their election campaign, which promised to introduce the new currency if Faye wins. Faye is one of the main candidates in Senegal's March 24 presidential election. He is backed by the popular firebrand Sonko, who was disqualified from…
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Lorient hold Monaco 2-2 in game with two own goals and two red cards

Lorient hold Monaco 2-2 in game with two own goals and two red cards

STRUGGLING Lorient came away from AS Monaco with a precious point in Ligue 1 after a 2-2 draw that had two own goals while both sides were reduced to 10 men before Tiemoue Bakayoko scored a last-gasp equaliser for the visitors. The result leaves Monaco in third place, a point behind Brest in second after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Lille earlier on Sunday. Lorient are 15th with 26 points, one point above the relegation playoff spot. Lorient took an unexpected lead in the first minute when Mohamed Bamba struck the post but the ball rebounded off Wilfried Singo…
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Reactions abroad to Russia’s presidential election

Reactions abroad to Russia’s presidential election

FOLLOWING are reactions from foreign governments and officials to Russia's presidential election, which handed Vladimir Putin a landslide win and another six-year term in office, according to first official results. WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESPERSON "The elections are obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him." UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY "These days, the Russian dictator is simulating another election. It is clear to everyone in the world that this figure, as it has already often happened in the course of history, is simply sick for power and is doing everything to…
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U.N. agency in Gaza says one in three children under 2 is acutely malnourished

U.N. agency in Gaza says one in three children under 2 is acutely malnourished

ONE in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished and famine is looming, the main U.N. agency operating in the Palestinian enclave said on Saturday. "Children's malnutrition is spreading fast and reaching unprecedented levels in Gaza," the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a social media post. More than five months into Israel's air and ground campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas' attack on October 7, much of the enclave is in ruins with most of its 2.3 million population displaced and facing a major humanitarian crisis. Hospitals in Gaza…
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Russia accuses Kyiv of election sabotage, Medvedev warns ‘traitors’

Russia accuses Kyiv of election sabotage, Medvedev warns ‘traitors’

RUSSIA accused Ukraine of using "terrorist activities" to try to disrupt its presidential election and former President Dmitry Medvedev decried as "traitors" the scattered protesters who have tried to set fire to voting booths and pour dye into ballot boxes. The Ukraine war has cast a shadow over voting in the election, which is all but certain to hand President Vladimir Putin six more years in the Kremlin but has been marked by sporadic acts of protest. On the second of three days of voting, the Russian foreign ministry said Kyiv had "intensified its terrorist activities" in connection with the election "to demonstrate its…
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Spain arrests 14 accused of defrauding families of missing migrants

Spain arrests 14 accused of defrauding families of missing migrants

SPAIN'S Civil Guard has arrested 14 people for allegedly seeking to profit from the families of missing migrants from North Africa, promising them to find, identify and repatriate their bodies in return for money, it said on Wednesday. The network lured victims by posting messages offering their services on social media, police said. The group allegedly spoke over several years with relatives in Morocco and Algeria whose family members were missing and feared to have died at sea while trying to reach the Spanish coast in small boats. The Civil Guard said they offered to act as intermediaries with the…
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No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

VISUALLY-IMPAIRED Nigerian Kehinde Olutubosun is a geography and animal enthusiast who struggled to find information because he has no smartphone. But that is changing, thanks to an Artificial Intelligence-powered mobile phone that works offline. The service, launched by Canada-based Viamo in Nigeria last month, allows anyone – even in the middle of nowhere without the internet - to access AI technology. Viamo uses a traditional handset to tap into local mobile phone networks to send commands or requests for information through SMS or voice calls. It works like other AI chatbots and can be used by illiterate persons since it…
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