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Mogadishu (AX) — It seems that the winds of change might soon be sweeping through the diplomatic corridors of the United States as Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, has hinted at reassessing America’s relationship with North Western State of Somalia, a region of intriguing complexity and burgeoning potential. The nugget of this information sparked public interest when Landau, responding on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), engaged with a fervent plea from a supporter of North Western State…

Facebook Launches Audio Rooms As It Tackles Twitter Spaces They say technology continues to evolve and any product can be made better through improvements and innovations, but it appears to have been taken to a new level as Twitter and Facebook fight for audiences on their platforms as a strategy to marketing of their products. Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to…

Earlier this week, Burkinabé's General Staff announced the dismantling of three terrorist bases in eastern Burkina Faso during operations between June 14 and 16. But in the networks, a counterfeit account circulates along with photos that have nothing to do with this news. Images of victims of terrorism are used for propaganda purposes. Chronicle produced in collaboration with Solène Gardré from EPJT,…

Three Médecins Sans Frontières staff members were killed in an attack in Abiy Addi in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia. MSF had lost contact with its team on Thursday afternoon when the three employees left on foot, among the victims a Spaniard and two Ethiopians. The Spanish branch of NGO Doctors Without Borders…

Despite warnings from the authorities, several meetings are being held in several cities in Nigeria, on the occasion of "Democracy Day". In Lagos, Abuja or Benin City, protesters had come to protest against growing insecurity, poor governance and the shutdown of Twitter for more than a week in the country. A popular dissatisfaction that President Muhammadu Buhari did not mention in his traditional…

In Nigeria, while authorities suspended access to Twitter on Friday, June 4, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is asking the media to shut down their social networking accounts. They reacted. "All audiovisual media will be considered antipatriotic if it continues to use Twitter, which is shut down," the NBC statement…

The suspension follows a government decision announced on Friday evening, June 4. The platform has been in the eyes of the authorities for several months, especially due to its mobilizing role during the demonstrations against police violence in October last year. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianDespite the restrictions,…

International human rights groups have condemned the Nigerian government to suspend Twitter indefinitely for activities "that could undermine the existence of Nigerian companies." Telecom operators in Nigeria restricted Twitter on Saturday, a day after the government announced its decision. The suspension in Africa's most populous country came two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules. "The federal government has temporarily…

The Nigerian government announced in a statement on Friday, June 4, that it had suspended Twitter activities in Africa's most populous country, two days after the social network deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari. "The Federal Government has indefinitely suspended the activities of the microblogging service and the…