A total of 574 people have been arrested and approximately $3 million has been recovered in a cybercrime operation across Africa. The operation focused on three prevalent crime types: business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion and ransomware, all identified as growing threats in INTERPOL’s 2025 Africa Cyber Threat Assessment Report.

Tracey Boomgaard spoke to Andy Mashaile, former INTERPOL South Africa ambassador.

A total of 574 people have been arrested and approximately $3 million has been recovered in a cybercrime operation across Africa. The operation focused on three prevalent crime types: business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion and ransomware, all identified as growing threats in INTERPOL&rsquo;s 2025 Africa Cyber Threat Assessment Report.
Tracey Boomgaard spoke to Andy Mashaile, former INTERPOL South Africa ambassador.

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Over 570 people arrested following cybercrime operation across Africa

Organisations in South Africa have expressed solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers currently held in British prisons, calling for their immediate release.

Some of the detainees have reportedly gone more than 50 days without food, raising serious concerns about their health and the risk of death if urgent action is not taken.

In response, activists and civil society groups are planning to gather outside the British Council offices in Johannesburg.

The demonstrators say the action is intended to confront the British government over what they describe as its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

Innocent Semosa spoke to Jared Sacks, an activist and writer based in Cape Town and a member of South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP)....

Organisations in South Africa have expressed solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers currently held in British prisons, calling for their immediate release.
Some of the detainees have reportedly gone more than 50 days without food, raising serious concerns about their health and the risk of death if urgent action is not taken.
In response, activists and civil society groups are planning to gather outside the British Council offices in Johannesburg.
The demonstrators say the action is intended to confront the British government over what they describe as its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Innocent Semosa spoke to Jared Sacks, an activist and writer based in Cape Town and a member of South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP)....

Organisations in SA show solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers in the UK

Following a referendum in September, Guinea's general elections have been set for the 28th of December 2025 to elect a new president few years under a military rule.

The vote is expected to formalize the rule of General Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 military coup and is now seeking to convert his transitional leadership into an elected presidency, despite earlier pledges not to run.

As Guinea allows for diaspora voting in this election, questions remain about preparedness and transparency abroad.

To get more information on the readiness of diaspora voting in South Africa, Innocent Semosa spoke to Vincent Kone, Minister Councilor for Guinea from the Guinean Embassy...

Following a referendum in September, Guinea's general elections have been set for the 28th of December 2025 to elect a new president few years under a military rule.
The vote is expected to formalize the rule of General Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 military coup and is now seeking to convert his transitional leadership into an elected presidency, despite earlier pledges not to run.
As Guinea allows for diaspora voting in this election, questions remain about preparedness and transparency abroad.
To get more information on the readiness of diaspora voting in South Africa, Innocent Semosa spoke to Vincent Kone, Minister Councilor for Guinea from the Guinean Embassy...

All systems go for Guinea's general elections next week

In Kenya, prison rehabilitation is going beyond confinement, focusing instead on skills, dignity and reintegration.

At one women's correctional facility, inmates are being trained to make handmade handbags, necklaces, bracelets and other accessories; products that are sold commercially, with half of the earnings going directly to the women themselves.

Our reporter, Lebogang Mabange, takes a closer look at how the programme is helping incarcerated women rebuild their lives...

In Kenya, prison rehabilitation is going beyond confinement, focusing instead on skills, dignity and reintegration.
At one women's correctional facility, inmates are being trained to make handmade handbags, necklaces, bracelets and other accessories; products that are sold commercially, with half of the earnings going directly to the women themselves.
Our reporter, Lebogang Mabange, takes a closer look at how the programme is helping incarcerated women rebuild their lives...

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