[Africa Check] Online posts falsely claim Cameroon leader Paul Biya appointed his son as vice president

[CPJ] Nairobi -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an independent and credible investigation into the death of Rwandan YouTube commentator Aimable Karasira Uzaramba on Wednesday, the day of his scheduled release from prison at the end of his five-year sentence.

À l'occasion du 70e anniversaire de l'établissement de leurs relations diplomatiques, le Maroc et le Japon ont affiché, vendredi, une convergence stratégique renforcée autour des enjeux africains, de la coopération bilatérale et de la question du Sahara marocain. Lors d'un entretien tenu par visioconférence entre le ministre marocain des Affaires étrangères, Nasser Bourita, et son homologue japonais Motegi Toshimitsu, Tokyo a salué les grandes Initiatives Atlantiques portées par Roi (...) - COOPERATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Suite à la réunion avec les membres du gouvernement sur le programme de développement d'urgence du Haut-Ogooué, l'Honorable Justine Judith Lekogo a répondu à quelques questions de la Rédaction. Elle appelle à un changement de paradigme dans la gestion des projets au G2. Pour la députée de l'Assemblée nationale de la 5è République, «les partenaires ne doivent pas penser le développement à la place des populations» Honorable Justine Judith Lekogo, nous avons vu votre publication dans (...) - ECONOMIE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Dans le cadre de la matérialisation de la vision du Président de la République, Chef de l'État, Chef du Gouvernement, Son Excellence, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, visant à promouvoir une jeunesse compétente, innovante et pleinement engagée dans la transformation du pays, le Ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports, du Rayonnement Culturel et des Arts, chargé de la Vie Associative, a procédé à la remise officielle de 100 ordinateurs aux associations et organisations de jeunesse. Cette (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

According to him, reaching a peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev is «a very long path filled with very complex details»

The meeting is expected to address the current state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in various areas, as well as an exchange of views on pressing international issues

Foreign leaders, including those of North Korea and Serbia, also sent congratulations to Putin and the Russian people

A military unit from North Korea marched for the first time during the military parade on Moscow’s Red Square devoted to the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic Wa

Japan also maintains participation in another LNG project, Arctic LNG 2, but due to US sanctions cannot receive gas from it

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) faces a tough primary challenge after defying Democratic leaders including Gov. Wes Moore on redistricting.

Republicans are eight seats closer to keeping control of the House, making Democrats’ climb toward reclaiming power in November more difficult.

Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others are considering doing so, and at least one major case has been disrupted.

Malawi today joined the global community in commemorating World Malaria Day, with health authorities highlighting significant progress in the country’s fight against malaria after cases dropped by four million. Minister of Health Madalitso Baloyi and World Health Organization Country Representative Dr Charles Kuria Njuguna led a public awareness walk from Reserve Bank of Malawi to […] The post Malawi Celebrates Major Progress Against Malaria as Cases Drop by 4 Million appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Since 2015, Malawi has spent more than K1 trillion on fertiliser and maize seed subsidies for smallholder farmers, yet millions of citizens continue to depend on food aid as the country struggles with recurring hunger and poor agricultural productivity. The massive investment, funded by taxpayers and development partners, was meant to transform food production and […] The post From Subsidies to Food Handouts: How Malawi Spent K1 Trillion Yet Still Failed to End Hunger appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

More than 300 elderly Malawians have been brutally murdered over the past decade — beaten, hacked, stoned, burned alive and buried in silence — while a collapsing justice system watches helplessly as suspects walk free and families are left without answers. The victims were not criminals. Many were frail grandmothers and elderly men whose only […] The post Over 300 Elderly Malawians Murdered in 10 Years as Justice System Stands Accused of Silence and Abandonment appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

There is something deeply broken about a country where an old woman can be burned alive, an elderly man hacked to death by his own relatives, and the nation simply moves on. No outrage. No urgency. No justice. Just another coffin lowered into the ground while another police file gathers dust somewhere in a forgotten […] The post OPINION | Who Decided That Old People Deserve Less Justice? appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The BJP has significantly expanded its political footprint across India, achieving its first chief minister in nine states since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014. This expansion, marked by recent victories in West Bengal and Odisha, transforms the party from a Hindi-heartland force into a dominant pan-India political machine, reflecting its governance model and increasing public acceptance.

Some nine in ten parents polled by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) in its inaugural Preschool Experience Survey have indicated their satisfaction with preschool safety standards and education quality.The findings of the survey, commissioned in November 2025 and involving nearly 1,800 parents, were shared at the Start Small Dream Big Walkathon on Saturday (May 9) .Organised by educational consultancy Preschool Market and supported by ECDA, the event brought together about 5,000 preschoolers, their families and early childhood educators to foster greater awareness of values-in-action and community involvement in children's development. In a news release the same day, ECDA said its survey was conducted to understand parents' experiences and satisfaction across key aspects of their children's preschool journey.This includes: quality of education, safety of the preschool environment, and confidence in the professionalism and expertise of early childhood educators.

Singapore's broad priorities when it assumes chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2027 will reflect continuity from previous years' chairmanship, even if the specific measures and focus will differ, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Saturday (May 9).He was speaking to the media as he wrapped up a three-day visit to Cebu, Philippines to attend the 48th Asean Summit.Asked about Singapore's priorities as incoming Asean chair next year, PM Wong said these are still being worked out, but the key issues and focus will revolve around similar themes.He listed strengthening Asean's collective resilience, advancing the 11-member bloc's integration efforts, and advancing its community building agenda as Singapore's possible broad priorities.But PM Wong also pointed out these broad priorities — which were also reflected in previous years' chairmanship — are a continuity, adding that the specific measures and focus, which are being worked on, will differ from chair to chair.

Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the new Chief Minister of West Bengal. The BJP secured a significant win in the 2026 assembly elections. Several prominent leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony. The new government includes ministers like Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Kshudiram Tudu, and Nisith Pramanik. The state saw record voter turnout.

Prime Minister Modi expressed profound gratitude to the people of Bengal, bowing with folded hands after the BJP's historic Assembly election victory. Alongside new chief minister Adhikari, he shared an emotional moment with 98-year-old veteran Makhanlal Sarkar, even touching his feet in a gesture of deep respect. This marks a significant shift in West Bengal's political landscape.

A fire aboard a wooden dhow near the Strait of Hormuz resulted in the death of one Indian sailor and injuries to four others. Seventeen Indian crew members were rescued by a passing vessel. The incident occurred amidst heightened regional tensions, with recent exchanges between Iran and the United States in the vital shipping lane.

A 23-year-old male motorcyclist was taken to hospital on Thursday (May 7) night after the motorcycle he was riding was involved in an accident with a car in Jurong.The accident happened at about 9.55pm at the junction of Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong Canal Drive.  Map showing where the accident involving a motorcycle and car took place on Thursday (May 7) night. GRAPHIC: Google Maps Photos of the accident shared on a motoring chat group show the badly damaged motorcycle lying on its side. Debris, including parts of the motorcycle's bodywork, are seen strewn across the junction.A white Mazda saloon car, with its front bumper partially dislodged, was stopped in the middle of the junction. 

The recent cyberattack on global learning management platform Canvas has not compromised any sensitive information from students at the National University of Singapore (NUS).In a statement addressing the matter, a spokesperson for the university told AsiaOne on Saturday (May 9) that it is aware of the data breach.NUS was among multiple educational institutions affected by the cyberattack on May 7, which blocked access to the platform. Access was restored on May 8. Cyberextortion group ShinyHunters claimed to be behind the incident.Other local universities in the list of affected institutions include the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and the Singapore Institute of Management.Assuring that data protection and security are its priority, the NUS spokesperson said the university is in touch with US-based company Instructure, which owns Canvas, to assess the impact. 

Four wet markets in Housing and Development Board (HDB) heartlands — at Fajar Shopping Centre, Yew Tee Square, Bukit Batok West Shopping Centre, and Woodlands North Plaza — will undergo upgrading works when their respective 30-year leases end between now and end-2027, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Sun Xueling.Sun, who is also Senior Minister of State for Transport, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Saturday (May 9), after she visited the newly upgraded wet market at Serangoon Central Village a day earlier.The wet market was returned to HDB in 2024 after its lease expired. It later underwent upgrading works and now has a new layout with more stalls.«The stallholders I spoke to welcomed the bright, airy layout. Residents had also shared with me that they found the rejuvenated market to be a more pleasant experience for them. They were also glad to have more food options than before with a new eating house,» Sun wrote.

With close to 54 million YouTube subscribers, Internet sensation IShowSpeed has turned his visit to Jamaica into a global spectacle, giving the island major visibility among younger travellers.

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A woman who lost an eight-year-long battle with cancer shared her final words through a posthumous post on LinkedIn.Assistant human resources manager Grace Seah died aged 41 on Thursday (May 7) and her last letter to her loved ones went up the next day.«Thank you for your friendship, love, and kindness — I feel incredibly blessed to have had you in my life,» she wrote.Seah also invited those who saw her post to her wake, which was held from Friday to Saturday.«I hope it becomes a time of reconnection, with more flowing conversations than tears — and a reminder to live fully in the present,» she said.«I believe death ends life, not love or relationships. When you miss me, just think of me — the silly things I said or did, the moments we shared.»Thank you for loving me, and for grieving me," she added.Seah assured those who were unable to come that it was alright for them not to attend.

Singapore has to become better in defending itself against artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled threats, while becoming experts at using the technology for its own purposes, said Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam on Saturday (May 9).Speaking to the media after a community event in Yishun, Shanmugam, who is also Minister for Home Affairs, set out Singapore's approach to securing itself against AI-enabled threats following recent developments on frontier AI models.This comes as financial institutions across the globe scramble to assess cybersecurity risks brought about by Anthropic's frontier AI model Mythos.Anthropic earlier this month debuted Mythos, its most advanced AI model to date and designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks.But concerns intensified after Anthropic said a preview of Mythos uncovered «thousands» of major vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, raising fears about the resilience of traditional software security. 

Following a three-week long islandwide enforcement operation which ended on Friday (May 8), the police have arrested seven people and are investigating 65 others for their alleged involvement in registering SIM cards for illicit purposes.The police said in a news release on Saturday that the operation, which began on April 20, involved officers from its Anti-Scam Command and its seven land divisions.The operation targeted errant subscribers who registered postpaid SIM cards that were subsequently linked to criminal activities. A total of five men and two women, aged between 18 and 35, were arrested for their suspected involvement in providing registered postpaid SIM cards for monetary gains.Another 62 men and three women, aged between 16 and 56, are also being investigated, said the police.Preliminary investigations revealed that these errant subscribers were offered cash rewards of between $10 and $20 per registered SIM card.These subscribers were purportedly instructed to register and buy SIM cards in bulk from different retailers, and handed over between 30 and 64 registered SIM cards to be the syndicate's courier.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister-elect Suvendu Adhikari paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary, Pochishe Boishakh. Modi hailed Tagore as a timeless voice of Indian civilization, while Adhikari described him as an «eternal star» of Bengali literature. The occasion marks the Nobel laureate's enduring contributions to literature, philosophy, education, and culture.