Good morning, it’s Caleb in Kampala, Uganda where five players on the Eritrea women’s Under-20 football team here for a tournament disappeared from their hotel. Is this the first time? No. Two groups of Eritrean football players went missing at two tournaments in Uganda in 2019.

This morning, I am telling you about the Pentagon’s warning of China’s growing nuclear force, Africa’s latest unicorn with a $2 billion valuation, and why an Oxford college is renaming itself after a huge donor.

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Caleb Okereke à Kampala
04.11.2021

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Prince Andrew could go to trial in sexual abuse case by next fall. A Manhattan federal judge said the British Prince may face a trial date between September and December of 2022 in the case of Virginia Giuffre, who alleges the prince sexually abused her when she was a minor. 16 to 24 witnesses are expected to be deposed by both sides, some of whom are British citizens.

CNN (EN)

Deadly fighting in Congo’s city of Bukavu. Gunfire rocked Bukavu from the early hours of Wednesday triggering clashes that led to the death of 11 people and left the city’s one million residents in lockdown. A new militia opposing President Tshisekedi is blamed for the attack in the eastern region of Congo where more than 120 rebel groups operate.

Reuters (EN)

Pentagon warns China is swiftly growing its nuclear force. The number of Chinese nuclear warheads could increase to 700 within six years and may top 1,000 by 2030 in a quest to surpass US global influence by the middle of the 21st century, according to the Pentagon released report. The US in comparison presently has 3,750 nuclear warheads in its stockpile.

AP News (EN)

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US envoy to travel to Ethiopia as government declares state of emergency. Jeffrey Feltman will over the two-day visit urge a peaceful solution amid heightened tension and recent reports of Tigray rebels advancing towards the capital, Addis Ababa. This comes as the Ethiopian federal government fighting with Tigray reached its one year mark on Wednesday.

VOA News (EN)

Kids 5-11 can start getting covid vaccines in New York City. City-run sites in New York will offer the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 starting today pending final approval from the federal government, while public schools in the state with children from that age group will have the shots from Monday. Schools will require the consent of parents to administer doses.

Newsday (EN)
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Zimbabwean nonprofit promotes ‘God’s way’ of farming. The Christian nonprofit is advocating for an unconventional, eco-friendly farming method called pfumvudza, a Shona word that means ‘new beginnings’ and that involves planting crops in mulch beds. It was endorsed by the Zimbabwean government in 2020, has been implemented by more than 1.6 million small farmers in the country, and contributed to Zimbabwe currently experiencing its first food surplus in two decades.

Religion News (EN)

In the African lab

Health tech startup mPharma enters Uganda. The Ghanian startup made its entry through a 55% acquisition in Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy, once the largest pharmacy chain in the country. This comes two years after mPharma bought Kenya’s Haltons Pharmacy for $5 million signaling its advancement into the East Africa region.

Tech Crunch (EN)

Human species that lived in Africa 500,000 years ago named as Homo bodoensis. The species was present during the Middle Pleistocene age and was the direct ancestor of modern humans. The new name originates from a skull found in the Awash River valley of Ethiopia and will now describe the majority of Middle Pleistocene humans from Africa and some from southeast Europe.

The Guardian (EN)

Chipper Cash get’s $2 billion valuation. It follows an extension of the African cross-border payment company’s Series C funding in which it raised $150 million, propelling it to a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by FTX and catapults Chipper Cash to the league of African unicorns like Flutterwave, Interswitch, and Wave.

Tech Cabal (EN)

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Facebook stops its facial recognition feature. The social network announced in a blog post its decision to end its facial recognition tool. As a result, platform users who have authorized the feature will no longer be automatically recognized on photos and videos published on Facebook. In addition, facial recognition models for more than a billion users will be removed.

Heidi.news (FR)

Harassment at UNIL: ‘He put a porn movie in front of me’. The University of Lausanne recognized on Wednesday, November 3, its difficulty in effectively combating sexual harassment. At the origin of this communication, an audit on two recent cases, in which the institution is pinned. Heidi.news collected the testimony of one of the victims, Marie who worked there for several years as an assistant.

Heidi.news (FR)

Cyber incidents have exploded compared to last year. The National Center for Cybersecurity (NCSC) has published its second half-yearly report on the main cyber incidents of the first half of 2021 in Switzerland and around the world. The document notes a significant increase in ransomware and phishing attacks, as well as an increase in some scams, recording 10,234 cyber incident announcements, almost double the number recorded in the first half of 2020.

Heidi.news (FR)

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Internet trolls to be jailed for ‘psychological harm’. Social media users in the UK could face up to two years in prison if they intentionally cause ‘psychological harm’ online, according to upcoming legislation called the Online Safety Bill. The bill currently focuses on fining social media companies for failing to tackle abuse, but new offenses being added could culminate in the prosecution of individual users.

Metro (EN)

One year maternity leave? This Chinese province may offer that to encourage couples to have more babies. Shaanxi, a landlocked province in northwest China is looking to increase its current 168 days maternity leave to a full year in a bid to motivate couples to have more children. Across China which is the world’s most populous country, data has revealed a dramatic decline in births.

Reuters (EN)

Oxford college to be renamed after £155m donor. The Linacre college in Oxford is changing its name to Thao college, named after Vietnamese female budget airline billionaire, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao who recently made a £155m donation to the college which they described as a ‘landmark gift’.

Telegraph (EN)

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