Ransomware hits Johannesburg electricity supply

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The ransomware attack has affected the electricity company’s ability to respond to power failures A major electricity supplier in South Africa’s largest city has suffered a ransomware attack, leaving some residents without power. City Power revealed on Thursday that its IT systems had been shut down. “It has encrypted […]

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia’s first freely elected president dies aged 92

Image copyright AFP Image caption Beji Caid Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wednesday night Tunisia’s first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died aged 92, the country’s presidency says. He was the world’s oldest sitting president. He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday but officials did not say why he was receiving treatment. […]

Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2019

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week: Image copyright Reuters Image caption A contestant has her make-up applied backstage at Miss World South Sudan in Juba on Sunday. Image copyright AFP Image caption On the same day in neighbouring Sudan, activist Eythar Gubara is pictured in front of a mural […]

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia’s first freely elected president dies aged 92

Image copyright AFP Image caption Beji Caid Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wednesday night Tunisia’s first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died aged 92, the country’s presidency says. He was the world’s oldest sitting president. He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday but officials did not say why he was receiving treatment. […]

Africa’s week in pictures: 19-25 July 2019

A selection of photos from across Africa and Africans elsewhere this week: Image copyright Reuters Image caption A contestant has her make-up applied backstage at Miss World South Sudan in Juba on Sunday. Image copyright AFP Image caption On the same day in neighbouring Sudan, activist Eythar Gubara is pictured in front of a mural […]

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia’s first freely elected president dies aged 92

Image copyright AFP Image caption Beji Caid Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wednesday night Tunisia’s first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died aged 92, the country’s presidency says. He was the world’s oldest sitting president. He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday but officials did not say why he was receiving treatment. […]

North Korea missile launch ‘a warning to South Korean warmongers’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a “solemn warning” against what it described as “South Korean warmongers”. The short-range missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, […]

North Korea missile launch ‘a warning to South Korean warmongers’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a “solemn warning” against what it described as “South Korean warmongers”. The short-range missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, […]

Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisia’s first freely elected president dies aged 92

Image copyright AFP Image caption Beji Caid Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wednesday night Tunisia’s first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died aged 92, the country’s presidency says. He was the world’s oldest sitting president. He was admitted to hospital on Wednesday but officials did not say why he was receiving treatment. […]

Video emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria

Image copyright . Image caption The video shows an aid worker, who gives her name as Grace, asking for help from the international community An international charity says six of its aid workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last week have appeared in a video. Action Against Hunger says the six – comprised of one […]