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Are they furniture? Zimbabwe at 46 and Africa’s curse of permanent officials

Today at 15:14 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Our leaders are not furniture. Furniture does not loot diamonds, mismanage treasuries or unleash militias. Furniture does not cling to power with brazen arrogance. But in Zimbabwe, officials behave as if they were carved into the mahogany of government itself

South Africa

East Africa Moves to Coordinate AI Strategy With Regional Fund, Sovereignty Push and Uganda’s Planned AI Factory

Today at 14:07 PM, via iAfrica

The East African Community has adopted a declaration committing member states to establish a Regional AI Technologies Fund, as Uganda advances plans to host what backers describe as Africa’s first AI factory and continental financiers line up billions of dollars for the sector. The declaration, adopted in Kigali, comes alongside a $10 billion initiative jointly […]

World

Peace talks in doubt as U.S. seizes Iranian ship

Today at 13:02 PM, via NPR

President Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Sport

St Mirren’s Gogic hits out at own fans over keeper abuse

Today at 12:42 PM, via BBC News

St Mirren defender Alex Gogic describes as “disgraceful” abuse goalkeeper Ryan Mullen has received from their own fans following their 6-2 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic on Sunday.

Education

Universities in England could face fines for freedom of speech failures

Today at 09:15 AM, via The Guardian

Office for Students plans new complaints system as Bridget Phillipson says academics too often are being silenced

Universities in England that fail to protect free speech could face fines of £500,000 or 2% of their income, and in some cases risk losing public funding, under a new complaints system, the government has said.

The Office for Students (OfS) will run a “first-of-its-kind” scheme...

Entertainment

Will Cope elective congress go ahead?

Today at 14:31 PM, via The Citizen

Internal democratic process has always been a problem for Cope since it was founded in December 2008.

Science/Tech

Videos Catch Amazon Delivery Drones Dropping Packages From 10 Feet in the Air

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

There’s been a few complaints about Amazon’s drone delivery service. “The automated mailmen are dropping off packages from 10 feet in the air,” reports the New York Post, “rendering the contents of each box susceptible to crashing and smashing.” One example? Tamara Hancock filmed a drone delivering a bottle of Torani flavoring syrup to her home in Arizona (as a test of how Amazon handled...

Health

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Saturday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.