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Well-organised ecosystems: Typical red flags include pressure to act urgently, official-looking emails with errors in the address, website links with misspellings, requests for PINs for unexpected payments and crypto schemes promising fast profits.

Beating rampant cybercrime in Africa

Most cyberattacks succeed because they exploit human behaviour rather than technical weaknesses. Consumers are the frontline of defence against cybercrime

Remembrance: Moses implored the children of Israel never to forget the day they left Egypt, freed from the house of slavery. Photo:  Vincent Malo

Passover, a profound theological truth

Its ultimate meaning is found in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. To understand Passover through Him is to grasp the fullness of redemption

US President Donald Trump with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu. (X)

How the US government sabotaged the genocide convention orders against Israel

South Africa can move to get more emergency orders from the International Court of Justice. The UN General Assembly’s Uniting for Peace power can overcome the US government’s veto and obstruction

Propoganda: We must acknowledge that powerful states use “fake news” or lies as part of their political strategy.

Blind to the facts on global issues

The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

Egypt in the horn of Africa: Restoring strategic balance in a turbulent region

Egypt’s movements in the Horn of Africa, both diplomatic and military, over the past two years have drawn the attention of observers of Egyptian foreign policy, as well as those following the impact of the developments in the region on freedom of navigation in and international trade through the Red Sea. The wider concerns regarding […]

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam  is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries . (Flickr)

Abiy Ahmed touts Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as showcase of African excellence

The dam is expected to be the Horn of Africa country’s solution to acute power shortages, but it brings problems for downstream countries

Protest: About 4 000 people from about 80 countries met in Cairo  and had planned to walk 45km from el-Arish in Egypt’s North Sanai Governorate to Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip. But they were stopped before even reaching the border. Photo: Jimi Matthews

Egypt stops Global March on Gaza in its tracks

The march ended an hour outside of Cairo when we were bussed back to the city

More than 2,000 people – 55 from South Africa – have converged in Egypt in a show of international solidarity.

Global March to Gaza is a moral reckoning

More than 2,000 people – 55 from South Africa – have converged in Egypt in a show of international solidarity

Children in Africa are exposed to violence such as armed conflict, with some children recruited as child soldiers. Photo: Stefanie Glinski/AFP

Safeguard the rights and welfare of Africa’s children

About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war

Flight Centre’s year in travel 2024: where you went and where you’re headed next…

Your ticket to insider travel scoops, data bites, and expert predictions for the year ahead

South Africa’s hosting of the G20 is an opportunity to represent Africa’s interests. Photo: Aditya Pradana Putra/Antara/ Pool/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

South Africa must use G20 to ensure nuclear safety amid global concerns

Africa is keen to pursue nuclear power and Russia has occupied two nuclear energy plants in Ukraine

A Somaliland police officer gives directions to voters in front of a tent operating as a polling station during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election in Hargeisa on November 13, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramifications of the US recognising Somaliland as a state

Somaliland’s strategic value in the Horn of Africa means the repercussions of such a decision would be far-reaching

Many African countries are anxious not to be sucked into a new Cold War and want to maintain cordial relations with both Russia and the West. (Illustration: Getty Images)

Russia looking to strengthen Africa presence

Many African countries are anxious not to be sucked into a new Cold War and want to maintain cordial relations with both Russia and the West

Best tours for over 50s: Your next adventure awaits

Flight Centre brings you loads of tours suitable for over 50s which let you see the world with likeminded travellers in a similar age bracket

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Dismantle green colonialism and stop the greed of corporates and Northern governments

The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region

Sara Sabry is the founder and executive director of the Deep Space Initiative (DSI), a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing accessibility and opportunity in the space field. Photo supplied

Sara Sabry beat doubters to become Africa’s first female astronaut and space pioneer

Sabry was told that engineering would be too difficult for her to study. She is now a PhD student in aerospace sciences and is conducting research at the Nasa-funded Human Spaceflight Lab

Big spenders: Vodacom says it will invest R800 million in its network in KwaZulu-Natal, including rolling out full fibre broadband, expanding its coverage in deep rural areas. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Egypt and Nigeria currency devaluations hurt Vodacom, MTN

Emerging markets will always be susceptible to currency risk, analysts say

A school in Gedarif became home to hundreds of families fleeing the war in Khartoum. Photos by Ala Kheir

Between conflict and hope: A photographer’s journey amid Sudan’s turmoil

Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.

he new motorway will be wide and straight and modern, and it will run through the heart of Old Cairo. (Islam Safwat/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In Egypt, new roads, old problems

Efforts to modernise the capital Cairo’s infrastructure are running up against, and sometimes through, the city’s long history

Expensive: People eat their fast-breaking evening meal at a restaurant in Cairo, Egypt, during the holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Lobna Tarek/Getty Images

Egyptian inflation hits Ramadan menus

Egypt has a history of food insecurity leading to revolution, as its leaders know all too well