Author: Loneson Mondo

Towns along Mexico’s Pacific coast are bracing for powerful Hurricane Roslyn, amid warnings that it could bring dangerous storm surges and flooding. The Category 4 storm with winds up to…

Tanzania: Firefighters tackle wildfire on mount Kilimanjaro

Firefighters in Tanzania are battling to extinguish a blaze on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, local officials say. The fire started on Friday night along one of the mountain’s most…

USA: Tesla sales climb but miss expectations

Supply shortages, logistics bottlenecks and rising costs are hitting Tesla as it rapidly ramps up production of its electric cars. While the problems have improved in recent months, they remain…

Syria: TikTok to ban children from livestreaming

TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month. A BBC News investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with…

South Korea: Co-chief executive quits internet giant

The co-chief executive of Kakao, the company behind South Korea’s largest mobile messaging app, has resigned after a massive outage at the weekend. Namkoong Whon told a news conference that…

India: Google fined $161m for unfair practices

Indian authorities have fined Google 13bn rupees ($161m; £144m) for using its Android platform to dominate the market. The country’s competition regulator has accused the tech giant of entering into…

Burkina Faso: 34-year-old coup leader sworn in as new Burkina Faso president

The young army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso’s latest coup has been sworn in as interim president. As he took the oath of office, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 34,…

Guinea: Three dead in pro-democracy protests

At least three civilians were shot dead in protests against Guinea’s military leaders on Thursday, an opposition coalition and the country’s justice minister said on Friday. Guinea’s top prosecutor has…

Sierra Leone: Return to old voting system