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Toward Verifiable Controls on AI-Enabled Weapons in Africa
AI-enabled weapons have caused documented harms across Africa, but an accountability vacuum created by fragmented responsibility has resulted in governance asymmetry with which importing states are grappling. With little insight into how the embedded software selects targets, navigates and decides whether to engage, and still reliant on foreign suppliers, the continent remains poorly equipped to govern the risks this technology poses.
Libya Christians face death sentence over conversion from Islam and proselytization
Libyan Activists told The Guardian Wednesday that six Libyan Christians are at risk of being executed for converting from Islam and spreading their religious beliefs. After being arrested in March by the Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA), the six were accused of “making people leave Islam” in violation of the Libyan Penal Code.
Uganda President sends anti-homosexuality bill back to Parliament
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Thursday declined to sign the Anti-homosexuality Bill that sought to impose harsher sanctions on same-sex sexual conduct. Instead, Museveni sent the bill back down to Parliament. The move comes amidst international calls for Museveni to reject the bill.
Sudan forces agree to 24-hour ceasefire amidst ongoing violence
Leaders of the two warring factions in Sudan Tuesday agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called both sides. Blinken called after Sudanese forces fired at a US diplomatic convoy. Fighting erupted in Khartoum, Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday. Since then, the UN reported 185 people have been killed, fighting has expanded into other regions of Sudan and some have faced water and power cuts.
Tunisia police shut down political opposition offices and detain leader
Tunisia Police Tuesday shut down the Ennahdha offices, operating headquarters for Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired opposition party. The move came a day after police arrested Rached Ghannouchi, Ennahdha’s party leader, at his residence in Tunis, Tunisia–the nation’s capital. Ennahdha announced that investigators had raided the office headquarters in Tunis on Tuesday. Allegedly, investigators threatened all workers that remained inside the office following the raid with arrest.
Kenya Supreme Court declares discrimination of persons based on sexual orientation unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Kenya Friday declared discrimination against the LGBTQ community unconstitutional and affirmed their right to association after a 10-year legal battle. In a 3-2 majority decision, the court ruled that article 27 of Kenya’s Constitution—which protects every person from discrimination with an open-ended list of grounds—protects sexual minorities as well.
Why Did Team Leaders of CoinTelegraph Quit to Form CoinIdol.com?
I, George Gor, want to tell you the story, of how and why the CoinIdol news outlet was created. You need to know something about me to understand the story in the whole. Most of you, who live and work in crypto world, know me Editor-in-Chief at CoinTelegraph.com. That’s true, but that’s not all. My life is deeply interconnected with the CoinTelegraph founders from 2014, when I was consulting with its founders and CEO about how to make a mass-media business in March-April 2014.
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