Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform. In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other… Read More

Opponent Ousmane Sonko on Thursday promised elections in Senegal in “indescribable chaos” if his 2024 presidential candidacy is prevented, during his first speech since President Macky Sall announced on Monday that he was not running for a third mandate. “There will be no election in this country, or else it will be in indescribable chaos if President Macky Sall wants… Read More

A Senegalese opponent is in police custody on Thursday after publicly questioning the withdrawal of President Macky Sall, who announced on Monday that he would not seek a third term in 2024, his lawyer told AFP. Birame Souleye Diop, chairman of the parliamentary group of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi and executive of Pastef, the party of Ousmane Sonko,… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo boosted its credit rating from 5.1 to 5.5 between 2022 and 2023, according to thepan-African rating agency Bloomfield. The sub-Saharan country has one of the highest growth rates in the region. The DRC gained 40 basis points in the space of a year which is helping to boost the nation’s economic profile.  The second edition… Read More

Three individuals employed by a prominent food manufacturer in Kenya have been arrested following reports of forcibly stripping female staff members to determine their menstrual status, according to local media. Brown’s Food Company expressed sadness over the incident, emphasizing that it does not align with the company’s overall procedures. Senator Gloria Orwoba brought the incident to public attention through a… Read More