Charges dropped against cryptocurrency executive Tigran Gambaryan

[ad_1] Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) - which they denied.The 40-year-old was in charge of financial crime compliance at Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange that Nigeria blames for […]

October 24, 2024

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Zimbabwe set new T20 men’s world record in World Cup qualifying win over The Gambia

[ad_1] 2026 Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier, NairobiZimbabwe 344-4 (20.0): Raza 133* (43); Jarju 2-53The Gambia 54 (14.4): Jarju (12*); Mavuta 3-10Zimbabwe win by 290 runsZimbabwe set a world record for the highest score in men's T20 international cricket by posting 344-4 against The Gambia in Nairobi, Kenya.Sikandar Raza scored 133 not out from just 43 balls.Zimbabwe won Wednesday's match, part of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, […]

October 24, 2024

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Africa: New Ibrahim Report Reveals Governance ‘Stagnation’ in Africa

[ad_1] Monrovia — The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance report - released biennially by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to assess the performance of various African governments and trends across the continent - reveals that the region has experienced years of "almost complete stagnation". The report said, that in 2022, overall governance progress "grounded to a halt" as rising conflict and insecurity, as well as a "shrinking democratic space", undermined progress. "Over the decade 2014-2023, there is progress for just […]

October 23, 2024

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Africa: The IMF Just Made the Case for Its Own Irrelevance

[ad_1] Washington DC — On Friday the 11th, the IMF announced policy changes that will save developing countries $1.2 billion per year. Despite the self-congratulations and fanfare, these reforms are only a tiny fraction of what campaigners had been asking for -- and an even smaller share of what the Global South needs. This month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had an opportunity to end one of its most reviled policies and lift billions of dollars of debt off the […]

October 23, 2024

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Africa: Three Somali Migrants Tortured to Death By Human Traffickers in Libya, Activist Reveals

[ad_1] At least three Somali migrants tragically lost their lives in September and October while being held in warehouses and homes operated by human traffickers in Libya, according to human rights activist Tariq Lamloum. Lamloum shared the grim news in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, exposing the brutal conditions migrants face while in captivity. The activist revealed that the families of the victims were contacted by kidnapping gangs based in the city of Bani Walid. The families were sent disturbing […]

October 23, 2024

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Africa: ‘Condoms Are Sex Toys’ – Centering Pleasure to Save Lives

[ad_1] When you think of prevention in sexual health, what comes to mind? Most of us would think about risk, danger, and disease. But what if we changed that narrative to focus on pleasure? That is what Anne Philpott has been championing for the last two decades. It all started when she had a realization at an AIDS conference in Barcelona 20 years ago that the discussions were mostly about risk and disease, with little talk about the real reason […]

October 23, 2024

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Africa: Governance Progress in Africa Grinds to a Halt as Security and Democracy on the Continent Deteriorate Further, Threatening Substantial Advances in Human and Economic Development, According to the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance

[ad_1] London — Covering the 2014-2023 decade, the 2024 IIAG shows that Africa’s overall governance progress came to a halt in 2022, following four years of almost complete stagnation, as substantial advances in both humanand economic development are undermined by the ongoing deterioration of the security and democratic landscape. However, this concerning continental average picture masks very diverse performances and trajectories across the 54 African countries and between the 16 IIAG sub-categories. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation today released the 2024 […]

October 23, 2024

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Siya and Rachel Kolisi divorce: South Africans heartbroken

[ad_1] South African rugby star Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel have announced their divorce after more than a decade together, leaving their fans heartbroken. The two often shared their love for each other and their family on social media, and were admired by many South Africans, who saw them as one of the country's power couples. The news of their split has caused a frenzy on social media, with […]

October 23, 2024

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Africa: Climate Change Worsened Deadly Floods in African Regions, Scientists Say

[ad_1] Devastating rains that triggered floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months - killing hundreds of people and displacing millions - were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists announced Wednesday. Global warming made the seasonal downpours this year about 5-20 percent more intense across the Niger and Lake Chad basins, said World Weather Attribution (WWA), a group of scientists studying the link between climate change and extreme weather. In a study published […]

October 23, 2024

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