Africa Intelligence website revealed that Washington is pressing to impose diplomat Kenneth Gluck as deputy head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), to replace Rezidon Zeninga, who will leave next January. Kenneth Gluck had held the second position in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central Africa Republic from 2017 to 2019, according to the French website. Gluck also worked in the United Nations Support Mission in Yemen, and worked with Doctors Without Borders for a long time in Somalia and Sudan, said Africa Intelligence. The position of deputy head of UNSMIL has become, in…
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In late November, the leaders of the Accra Initiative, a collaborative security mechanism designed to target the region’s common security challenges, launched a multilateral task force to counter terrorism, violent extremism and transnational crime. But the new force and others like it largely mistake symptoms for causes. Source link
The Family Chantel celeb Pedro Jimeno has been working hard to succeed as a real estate agent, but many of the show’s viewers believe that he’ll fail. Pedro Jimeno works as a real estate agent, but many The Family Chantel fans think that he won’t succeed at his job for a few reasons. The Dominican Republic native is famous due to his relationship with Chantel Everett, which began on 90DF season 4. Sadly, things didn’t go well for the couple, as Pedro fell out of love and divorced his American wife, after months of acting strange. In the last two…
While your kids were playing Fortnite, Fortnite was playing with consumer protection laws. Epic Games, the maker of the very popular Fortnite series, is paying two of the largest settlements in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) history over children’s privacy violations and “dark patterns” that intentionally tricked users into making purchases through manipulative design. The settlements, announced on Monday, require Epic to pay a total of $520 million for the two consumer protection issues: $275 million for the privacy violations and $245 million for making it easy for consumers to purchase items accidentally and very difficult for them to cancel or…
Google Search has been making strides towards being more inclusive of different languages and dialects. While it can already mix and match results from English and your native/second language, so far that hasn’t extended to the handier knowledge graph cards. For the polyglots among us, Google Search is now looking to diversify its results page to include information in two languages, starting with Hindi as the second language. Additionally, Google’s voice search is also getting the ability to understand mixed-language queries. ANDROIDPOLICE VIDEO OF THE DAY In multilingual markets like India, Google has found that people prefer having linguistically dynamic…
NBCUniversal has ordered Inspiration Station Africa, DreamWorks’ first live-action series set in South Africa. Aimed at kids ages six to 12, the series (six x 22 minutes) is hosted by two boys, Tanaka and Aaron, who discuss topical issues with other children from Johannesburg and Cape Town. The hosts will also explore the stories behind award-winning DreamWorks Animation series and films. Inspiration Station Africa will premiere in January 2023, with a new episode airing weekly on the Universal+ SVOD in Latin America and on the DreamWorks channel available via African broadcaster DStv. In March, DreamWorks began broadcasting its content in…
Youssef En-Nesyri has now scored three World Cup goals, more than any other MoroccanAfter a slow start to Qatar 2022, Africa’s five representatives delivered the continent’s finest World Cup in history.A record seven wins in the group stage – with all five sides winning at least one game – was enough to propel two teams, Morocco and African champions Senegal, to the knockout phase for only the second time, and first since 2014.The Atlas Lions added icing to the cake by becoming the first African side to reach the semi-finals, ultimately undone by 2018 champions France.After suffering its worst World…
Richard Osman’s The Bullet That Missed (Viking) is the bestselling book on Amazon this year. The online retailer ranks books according to the number of copies sold and pre-ordered (in print and e-book) from its website. Osman’s previous Thursday Murder Club book, The Man Who Died Twice (Viking) is also in the top 10, at number seven, while the original, The Thursday Murder Club, is just outside in 11th place. Amazon said Osman’s dominance shows that people are “still avid readers of ‘cosy crime’ — a trend that is supported by Richard Coles’ appearance in the top 50 with Murder…
South African private equity firm Rockwood, which had scored a multi-bagger exit five years ago in landmark twin transactions, is back in the investment mode with its second deal after sewing a buyout in the construction material sector, The Capital Quest has learnt. The PE firm, spun out of Barclays Africa Group […] To read the rest of this article, you must be a subscriber. Click here to buy a subscription plan or Login here if you are already a subscriber. Source link