Ebola Violence: DRC Party Official Beaten to Death

  A senior official of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party has been beaten to death after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the country’s worsening Ebola outbreak, according to a statement from the party. Marie-Celestin Karondwa, acting president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) federal executive committee…

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Burkina Faso Opens First Gold Refinery

  Burkina Faso has commissioned its first gold refinery, a state-backed plant that the military government says will let the country process more of its own gold instead of shipping it abroad in raw form. President Ibrahim Traore inaugurated the facility, named RAFFINOR-BF, in the Ouaga 2000 district of the capital Ouagadougou on Monday, 28…

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Electrical Surge Sparks Blaze at Customs Western Marine Command in Apapa

Electrical Surge Sparks Blaze at Customs Western Marine Command in Apapa

An electrical surge triggered a fire at the Nigeria Customs Service Western Marine Command in Apapa, Lagos, destroying key administrative spaces just as a new leadership team assumed duty.   An early-morning electrical spark in an administrative facility quickly escalated into a major fire at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command headquarters in…

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When Machines Go Rogue

When Machines Go Rogue

When an autonomous OpenAI agent was blocked by an Australian government website, it did not stop. Instead, it picked the digital lock, exposing global vulnerabilities in the age of unchecked artificial intelligence. Imagine setting up a digital assistant to tidy up your online file cabinet, only to discover months later that it quietly picked the…

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Justice Delayed: Ivy League Assault Case Sparks Outcry

Justice Delayed: Ivy League Assault Case Sparks Outcry

Two years after a student reported a horrific gang rape inside a Cornell fraternity house, prosecutors have reopened the case following a massive civil lawsuit exposing overlooked digital evidence and flawed investigations. Silence around institutional accountability has been shattered after new legal filings brought a horrific 2024 campus incident back into the public glare. A…

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