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
Sierra Leone is to drop its current voting system and return to proportional representation, the president has decreed. But the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party is considering mounting…
Cameroon: Yaoundé braces for four days without tap water
People living in Cameroon’s capital city could be without tap water for up to four days, the state-owned water company Camwater has warned. Camwater says the potential interruption to Yaoundé’s…
Italy: President Sergio meets far-right coalition allies to form a government
Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni and her coalition allies have met President Sergio Mattarella and say they are ready to form a government “as quickly as possible”. He is set…
Mexico: Giant fuel fire engulfs railway and homes
A huge blaze has engulfed a train line and homes in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, after a fuel truck crash. Dramatic video of the fire went viral on social media, including…
Colombia: UN reports record cocaine coca crop
Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants – the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine – by 43%, a new UN report says. Last year the area of…
India: 100 million doses of expired Covid vaccine destroyed by manufacture
Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired. The firm stopped producing Covishield in…