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Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last yearZimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has had her conviction for inciting violence by staging a peaceful protest overturned.The criticall…
Oleksiy Bondarenko discusses authoritarianism in Russia and political shifts in Central Asia, including the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Revelation shows dangers posed by bad actors and paid operatives in democratic systems across AfricaRevealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in electionsAn Israeli disinformation specialist hired to run covert dirty tricks campaigns in Af…
Progress in key areas has stalled because of Covid, conflict and the climate crisis, but peaceful nations are performing betterAfrica is less safe, secure and democratic than a decade ago, with insecurity holding back progress in health, education and …
The popularity of Peter Obi’s message of change with younger voters fed up with the status quo makes him a real contenderAt a recent campaign stop, Peter Obi responded to a regular criticism. Bola Tinubu, a rival candidate in next month’s presidential …
State broadcaster’s staff reportedly held under suspicion of disseminating the clip of Salva Kiir at official eventSix journalists have been detained by South Sudan security forces over viral footage of the country’s president apparently urinating on h…
Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government informationPressure is mounting on authorities in Senegal to release a journalist and human rights defender on hunger strike in de…
The business benefits of developing an information security strategy and accompanying security architecture/design include: Being proactive, taking the lead in this area – more puppeteer than puppet; Designing a framework or structure to support t…
A glossy, nicely-constructed and detailed PowerPoint slide deck by Microsoft Security caught my beady this morning. The title ‘CISO Workshop: Security Program and Strategy’ with ‘Your Name Here’ suggests it might be a template for use in a workshop/cou…
This morning I bumped into a marketing/promotional piece announcing PageProof’s certified “compliance” (conformity!) with “ISO 27001” (ISO/IEC 27001!). Naturally, they take the opportunity to mention that information security is an integral part of the…