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Sydney — Hundreds of mourners overflowed a Bondi synagogue Tuesday to remember two rabbis killed in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival shootings as kind, curious men devoted to their families, faith and community. Funerals were held for Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, and Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, 39, who were shot dead during Sunday’s “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration organized by Chabad of Bondi. Rabbi Schlanger’s service took place a few blocks from the beachfront where the attack occurred; Rabbi Levitan, a father of four, was buried…

Puntland State lawmakers demand answers over unpaid salaries despite $300M-plus 2026 budget GAROWE, Somalia — Puntland State state lawmakers on Friday pressed the government to explain why civil servants have received only three months of pay this year, even as parliament approved a 2026 budget topping $300 million. During a contentious session in Garowe, members of the Puntland State State of Somalia Parliament called it unacceptable that budgets are passed annually but not fully executed. Lawmakers demanded a transparent…

Negotiations on the Brink: Nigeria's Academic Crisis Deepens In the heart of Nigeria, a looming confrontation between the government and its academic staff is stirring discontent. As tensions rise over the impending strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the government has escalated its rhetoric, asserting a stringent 'No Work, No Pay' policy. This warning, directed at faculty members set to initiate protests on October 13, highlights a complicated saga of negotiation, trust, and the future of…

Anthropic settlement is a turning point in the AI-versus-authors fight — but the larger battle is only beginning The tentative deal announced this week, in which Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to resolve a U.S. class action alleging that the company trained its Claude models on pirated books, marks one of the clearest commercial reckonings so far between generative-AI companies and the creators whose work fuels them. On its face the settlement is startling: the filing says it covers roughly 500,000…

In Gabon, two months after they were released from prison, the five gendarmes released in the case of the coup attempt led by parts of the Republican Guard in 2019 are demanding that they be rehabilitated. Their salaries have been reduced for thirty months. And they have not been able to return to work yet. This weekend, the parents of these gendarmes, together, decided to launch an SOS in the…

Brazzaville is recognized as the cradle of rumba. But this city with more than 1.5 million souls also vibrated in the 80s and 90s to the rhythm of the souk of the legendary Cassava group whose main host, Jacob Desvarieux, bowed on Friday 30 July. Nightclubs, even though they were officially closed due to Covid-19, pay tribute to him.…

Should the president's wife be paid? It is this issue that is upsetting Ghana right now. Parliament recently adopted an amendment allowing President Akufo-Addos and his Vice-President's wife to receive compensation, but as the country is in the midst of an economic crisis and protests erupted last week, the measure goes wrong with the people.…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya Defense Forces will have to operate with a $ 49 million deficit in the 2021/22 budget, it emerged, after the European Union slashed donor repayments to Kenya by 66%, ahead of AMISOM's exit from Somalia . AMISOM troops are expected to withdraw from the Horn of Africa nation upon full implementation of the Somali transition plan by the end of 2021. AMISOM has nearly 22,000 troops in Somalia, fully paid by the European Union, the UN, the United States among other partners. In a report tabled in…

It is an angry man who is this Thursday morning, May 13, Africa guest in RFI. Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, whose homes have just been visited by investigators looking for "ill-gotten gains". The former head of state claims that he is a victim of legal harassment and says that we are trying to silence him. He is a guest of Laurent Correau. .

In South Africa, the social community TikTok has signed a partnership with the establishments liable for accumulating copyright. The settlement additionally applies to the 22 African international locations with which these establishments work. A win-win contract for TikTok who needs to entice artists to their platform and for the music business who're in search of new earnings.…