Tunisia Deploys “Robo-Cop” To Enforce Coronavirus Lockdown
By Ruan Van Zijl The interior ministry of Tunisia has deployed “Robo-Cop” a police robot named PGuard. They want to use PGuard to ensure that…
By Ruan Van Zijl The interior ministry of Tunisia has deployed “Robo-Cop” a police robot named PGuard. They want to use PGuard to ensure that…
Op-Ed by Nwachukwu Egbunike Check out Global Voices’ special coverage of the global impact of COVID-19. Researchers at Nigeria’s University of Ibadan have predicted that COVID-19…
By Sandra Aceng Check out Global Voices’ special coverage of the global impact of COVID-19. Uganda confirmed its first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March…
By Neenah Payne The 2012 video “15-Yr-Old Kelvin Doe Wows M.I.T.” says Kelvin Doe is a 15-year-old engineering whiz from Sierra Leone. Kelvin taught himself…
By Neenah Payne Chiwetel Ejiofor, director of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was interviewed by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah in “Chiwetel Ejiofor…
By Pamela Ephraim Lawyer Gloria M. Ballason was granted an interim court order by Kaduna State High Court in Kaduna, Nigeria, on January 15, 2020,…
By Afef Abrougui The Moroccan government has intensified its crackdown on freedom of expression, arresting several people in recent months for merely expressing their opinions,…
By Dércio Tsandzana and Liam Anderson New amendments to the Mozambican Penal Code introduced to protect privacy could threaten freedom of expression, activists say. The…
By Amanda Lichtenstein Tanzanian citizens have until January 20, 2020, to register their SIM cards through the new biometric registration system launched by the Tanzanian…
By Tyler Durden U.S. Africa Command has confirmed militants attacked a base used by U.S. forces in Kenya on Sunday. The Sunday attack was led by terrorist…
By Global Voices, Sub-Saharan Africa Prominent human rights activist Tito Magoti was abducted in broad daylight by five unknown people in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,…
By B.N. Frank Cell phones, computers, and other digital, electronic, and wireless technology require ingredients often referred to as “conflict minerals” in order to operate…
By Nwachukwu Egbunike On November 20, the Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulation of other Related Matters Bill 2019, known as the “social media bill,”…
By Amanda Froelich To reduce the prevalence of plastic in the environment, a young man in Cameroon is transforming littered bottles into “EcoBoats.” Ismaël Essome…