Uganda: Authorities block access to social networks two days before general elections
This decision comes at the very end of a tense campaign for the presidential and legislative elections. The elections are scheduled to take place this […]
Election in Uganda: Dozens of officials Facebook and Instagram accounts closed for influencing the public debate
Facebook talks about a network of coordinated accounts aimed at influencing the public debate ahead of the general elections on Thursday 14 January. According to […]
Three networks of fake accounts involved in interference activities in Africa dismantled by Facebook
Facebook announced Tuesday that it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts involved in interference activities in Africa. These are two Russian networks and a […]
The most giant submarine cable to improve Africa’s internet connection
A cable of 37,000 km around the African continent. It is a gigantic project announced this week by a consortium of 8 companies: the construction […]
Uganda: MPs vote to maintain unpopular social media tax
Lawmakers in Uganda have voted to maintain a controversial tax law expected to be implemented later this year. The ruling National Resistance Movement, NRM, dominating […]
Ugandan parliament approves Mobile Money & social media tax bill
Uganda’s parliament on Wednesday approved a law that imposes new taxes on social media services and mobile money transactions. Human rights activists and critics of […]
DR Congo orders internet slowdown for social media
Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered telecom companies to slowdown internet capacity for social media contents such as images and videos. “In […]
Ethiopia shuts down internet to prevent exam leaks
The Ethiopian government has announced a total internet shutdown as means of blocking the leakage of papers for the country’s grade 10 examinations. About 1.2 […]
Rwanda: Nude photos of female presidential candidate leaked
Social media in Rwanda was flooded this week with nude pictures believed to be Diane Shima Rwigara, a 35-year-old businesswoman who announced her intention to […]
Zambia: police teargased opposition leader’s house in a midnight raid
The house of Hakainde Hichilema, the Zambian opposition leader whose party lost the August general election to Edgar Lungu, was attacked by security forces early […]