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Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block

Today at 13:23 PM, via Daily Maverick

A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed U.S. Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests killing two people and ordered the government to disclose its agreement with Washington.

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Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human trafficking case

Today at 13:20 PM, via Daily Maverick

Czech police said on Tuesday they had charged four people and an unnamed legal entity for coercing young women to provide erotic content for accounts on OnlyFans and other social networks.

South Africa

Four killed in Nyanga taxi shooting

Today at 12:30 PM, via SABC News

Four men were killed and two others critically injured in a taxi-related shooting in Nyanga.

South Africa

Minister publishes National Elephant Heritage Strategy

Today at 12:10 PM, via SAnews

Minister publishes National Elephant Heritage Strategy

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp has announced the publication of South Africa’s National Elephant Heritage Strategy in the Government Gazette, paving the way for its implementation as a national framework for elephant conservation and management.

The strategy provides a coherent, evidence-based...

South Africa

Anthropic Files Confidential IPO Paperwork at Near $1 Trillion Valuation Following $65 Billion Series H

Today at 12:06 PM, via iAfrica

Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering at a valuation approaching $1 trillion, the company said in a blog post Monday. The company has submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering. Anthropic has yet to disclose the […]

Africa

The schoolgirl who became world champion at 14

Yesterday at 14:03 PM, via BBC News

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Education

Liberia: Liberia Wins Wipo-Aripo Regional IP Club Awards

Today at 12:25 PM, via AllAfrica

[Liberian Observer] Liberia has won the fourth edition of the highly coveted Regional Intellectual Property High School Club Competition after defeating five other African nations with a project that brought the real-world consequences of limited copyright awareness vividly to the regional stage.

Education

Angola: Malanje University Campus Will Host 10,000 Students

Today at 10:20 AM, via AllAfrica

[ANGOP] Malanje — The province of Malanje will benefit, in the next 18 months, from a new campus of the Queen Njinga a Mbande University (URNM), with the capacity to receive 10,000 students, distributed across six organic units.

Science/Tech

Meta Expands Safety Features for Teenagers

Today at 13:00 PM, via New York Times

The changes, after Meta’s legal losses in two child safety cases, are aimed at limiting harmful content shown to teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.

Science/Tech

Google Requests Permission to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes In California and Florida

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Google has asked the EPA for permission to release up to 32 million sterile male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years. The effort is part of the company’s Debug program, which uses Wolbachia-infected males to reduce populations of disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Google cites a similar approach in Singapore that helped suppress mosquito populations and reduce dengue...

Health

‘I’ve requested a full hysterectomy’

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via BBC News

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.