USA: Regulators take over failed Silicon Valley Bank

US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. The moves came as…

Uganda: Authorities briefly close main expressway after bomb scare

Uganda’s police on Wednesday briefly closed a busy expressway that connects the capital, Kampala, to the country’s main airport after a security scare. A bomb squad was deployed to conduct…

Germany: Seven killed in attack on Jehovah’s Witness Hamburg hall

Seven people, including an unborn baby, have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the German city of Hamburg, police say. They say the gunman…

Afghanistan: Taliban governor killed in his office

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province has been killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Mohammad Dawood Muzammil was killed in his office…

Netherlands: Government moves to restrict some tech exports

The Dutch government is to put restrictions on the country’s “most advanced” microchip technology exports to protect national security, following a similar move by the US. It will include products…

Mozambique: Bus operators halt travel to Durban after attacks

Mozambique’s transport operators have announced that they will no longer cross into South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province because of growing insecurity on the road. Bus and taxi operators would stop at…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa denies his ministers ‘live like rock stars’

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed claims that his new cabinet is bloated and says he is committed to restructuring the government. Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen…

Nigeria: Authorities probe Lufthansa for alleged mistreatment

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has begun investigations into the alleged maltreatment of more than 200 Nigeria-bound passengers by German airline, Lufthansa Airlines. Local media said the carrier last Friday…

Mozambique: Cyclone Freddy expected to make landfall for the second time

Cyclone Freddy is expected to make landfall again in Mozambique later this week after it struck Madagascar for a second time on Monday. It killed four people on the Indian…

Tanzania: Forex reserves running low

Tanzania and her East African neighbours are facing a foreign currency reserve crisis. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tanzania had received requests to offer guarantees for their fuel imports. She…