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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Friday it has restarted blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea to retaliate against the North’s latest round of trash-carrying balloon launches, a resumption of Cold War-style tactics that are raising animosities between the rivals. In 2015, when South Korea restarted loudspeaker broadcasts for the first time in 11 years, North Korea fired artillery rounds across the border, prompting the South to return fire, according to South Korean officials. In response, South Korea suspended a 2018 tension-reduction deal with North Korea, resuming propaganda broadcasts briefly and front-line live-fire military drills at border areas. It wasn’t immediately known whether groups in South Korea have recently scattered leaflets in North Korea. In 2014, North Korea fired at balloons flying toward its territory and South Korea returned fire, though there were no casualties.

The Sahraoui Association for the defense of human rights (ASADEDH) sued Polisario separatist chief Brahim Ghali at Spain’s constitutional court for crimes against humanity. The association told Moroccan media that Ghali is involved in torture and summary executions in the camps of Tindouf, where the Algerian government delegated sovereignty to a ruthless separatist militia that trades in the suffering of thousands of Sahrawis held against their will in abhorrent living conditions. Head of the association Messaoud Ramadan said that filing the case with the constitutional court was justified by the gravity of the acts committed and ordered by Ghali, including war crimes. The case came at a context the Polisario has launched a crackdown on disenchanted youth in the camps, suppressing dissent and preventing a head count of the population in the camps to prevent them from being registered as refugees with the right to return to their homeland in the Sahara, under Moroccan sovereignty.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Friday it has restarted blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea to retaliate against the North’s latest round of trash-carrying balloon launches, a resumption of Cold War-style tactics that are raising animosities between the rivals. In 2015, when South Korea restarted loudspeaker broadcasts for the first time in 11 years, North Korea fired artillery rounds across the border, prompting the South to return fire, according to South Korean officials. AdvertisementIn response, South Korea suspended a 2018 tension-reduction deal with North Korea, resuming propaganda broadcasts briefly and front-line live-fire military drills at border areas. AdvertisementIt wasn’t immediately known whether groups in South Korea have recently scattered leaflets in North Korea. In 2014, North Korea fired at balloons flying toward its territory and South Korea returned fire, though there were no casualties.

TECNO has partnered with UNICEF in Nigeria to aid in the development of the Nigeria Learning Passport digital learning platform. In 2022, the Nigerian government and UNICEF launched the Nigeria Learning Passport program to address the high number of out-of-school children and adolescents. This initiative is part of UNICEF’s global educational strategy, the Learning Passport, established in 2018. “We are pleased to partner with TECNO to enhance the reach and impact of the Nigeria Learning Passport,” said Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria. By the end of 2023, the Learning Passport program had expanded to 38 countries worldwide, with a total of 6.02 million registered users and more than 13,000 courses on offer.

A barrage of Israeli airstrikes killed 16 in Zawayda town, Bureij and Nuseirat camps and the overcrowded city of Deir-Al-Balah, the last major urban centre in Gaza not to be invaded by Israeli forces, health officials said. In Gaza City in the north, medics said five Palestinians were killed in two separate strikes.

By Gavin van Marle 18/07/2024Jesper Kristensen, chief executive of DP World-owned Unifeeder and chief operations officer of DP World’s Marine Services unit, has resigned. In a LinkedIn post yesterday, Mr Kristensen wrote that he had “requested to be relieved from my duties”. He added: “Having served with Unifeeder for 34 years, the last 17 as group CEO, I will have my last Unifeeder working day this week. “We are grateful for the invaluable contribution, incomparable dedication, energy and true Unifeeder DNA Jesper has brought to the company. Mr Kristensen was the architect of the transformation of Unifeeder from a relatively small common feeder operator in Northern Europe and the Baltic into a genuinely global carrier.

The Weeknd will perform a one-night-only show in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 7. The announcement marks the artist’s return to the concert stage since the conclusion of his global After Hours Til Dawn tour last fall. The Weeknd will partner with the United Nations World Food Programme and send a portion of the proceeds from the São Paulo show to the XO humanitarian fund, an organization the singer co-founded. The Weeknd used his XO Humanitarian Fund to pledge $2 million, enough to produce more than 18 million loaves of bread, to feed families in Gaza in April. In March, The Weeknd performed for longtime collaborator and producer Mike Dean’s birthday.

Now, however, we’re seeing all that soft power and oil-backed loans fizzle out as various think tanks note that China is increasingly choosing Arab oil over African crude. 2 exporter of oil to China in 2010, second only to Saudi Arabia, by last year, it had plummeted to No. Related: WTI Crude Soars on Tailwinds of Saudi July Export CutsAngola–and other African oil producers–have a hard time luring investors to further develop its oilfields and boost infrastructure. And in the meantime, China has increasingly turned to more predictable production infrastructure of the Gulf countries and Russia. Last year, according to data published by China Daily, China imported ~200 million metric tons of crude oil and 18 million tons of LNG from GCC countries.

The energy project in the Seven Forks area of Kenya will be a 42.5MW floating solar plant to be built among a “cascade of hydropower plants.”Details for the construction of the plant – approvals for which was obtained earlier this year – have been confirmed. It will seek to install a 42.5MW solar power plant in the home of the Seven Forks dams where KenGen generates most of its hydroelectricity. Exploring floating solar plants for KenyaKenya has in recent years been exploring the feasibility of installing floating solar energy plants. Of InterestFloating solar energy panels for Lake Kariba in ZimbabweScaling up renewable energy projects in KenyaKenGen Managing Director and CEO, Peter Njenga described the partnership as timely. FAQs on solar energy in KenyaWhat is the largest solar project in Kenya?

A new report by Afrobarometer, a pan-African research network, found that support for democracy was waning in Africa, following a spate of coups, particularly in West Africa, and violent protests across the continent. The flagship report, dubbed African insights 2024: Democracy at risk – the people’s perspective, examined the continent’s citizens’ satisfaction with democracy and revealed divergences between stable and unstable countries. It showed that support for democracy dropped 7% with two-thirds of Africans still preferring democracy, compared with a decade earlier. The steepest drop in support for democracy was reported in South Africa, where only 43% of the surveyed population considered that “democracy is preferable to any other kind of government.”In Mali, a country ruled by men in uniform, 39% of the participants were supportive of a democratic government. Moroccan, Zimbabweian and Tanzanian citizens were among the six countries in the continent where respondents were satisfied with the way democracy was working.

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Cybersecurity specialist Exclusive Networks Africa has announced a new local partnership with Akamai Technologies, a cloud company that powers and protects life online, with a view to assisting the organisation to further entrench itself across the African continent. According to Stefan van de Giessen, Security and GSI Lead Africa at Exclusive Networks Africa, the two businesses have already worked together on a significant local project, which saw the successful implementation recently of a microsegmentation strategy for an African telecommunications group. These traditional methods rely heavily on network-based controls that are coarse and often cumbersome to manage, notes Van de Giessen. However, the software-based segmentation element of microsegmentation separates security controls from the underlying infrastructure and provides businesses with the flexibility to extend protection and visibility anywhere. Van de Giessen said: “Microsegmentation is essentially a software-defined network overlay that, through AI intelligence, allows for greater visibility around all assets within the network.

Libya held on Wednesday a conference on irregular migration that saw the attendance of representatives from 28 European and African countries hoping to establish a "strategic" cooperation to resolve the issue. Libya, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) from Italy, is a key departure point for migrants, primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, risking perilous Mediterranean Sea journeys to seek better lives in Europe. But with mounting efforts by the European Union to curb irregular migration, many have found themselves stranded in Libya and other North African countries. He called for development projects in departure countries. "We can only resolve the migration crisis at the root, in the countries of departure," he said.

Vision Industries Company (VI) is a limited liability company incorporated in Saudi Arabia. JinkoSolar announces global partnership with Manchester City FCPursuant to the Agreement, Jinko Middle East, RELC and VI agree to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Jinko Middle East, RELC and VI holding 40%, 40% and 20% equity interest, respectively. JinkoSolar to establish manufacturing footprint in Saudi ArabiaThe joint venture will build and operate a high-efficiency solar cell and solar module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia. The manufacturing facility is expected to have a total investment amount of approximately $1 billion. The detailed production plan and schedule for the manufacturing facility will be subject to market conditions.