Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has told French media Le Figaro his country will not provide a territory for French troops expelled out of Niger. “Mauritania does not seem to me, either strategically or geographically, to be the best country to host soldiers dedicated to the fight against terrorism in the Sahel. France’s President Emmanuel Macron late September gave in to Niger’s new authorities demand for the departure of the 1,500 French troops stationed in the West African country to counter terrorism in the region. The authorities, led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani who toppled on July 26 President Mohamed Bazoum, have severed ties with the former colonial power. They also obtained the departure of French ambassador Sylvain Itté.

But elephants were used by the Romans, although sporadically and on many occasions poorly with deadly results for their own side. In the western Mediterranean basin, the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus used elephants in his fight against the Romans in Sicily between 280 and 275 B.C. ), the Spartan mercenary general Xanthippus had around 100 perfectly trained war elephants at his disposal for the Sicily campaign against Rome. The Romans, for their part, used pachyderms for the first time in the Second Macedonian War (200-197 B.C). For his part, Caesar used elephants in his campaign in Hispania in 48 B.C.

Building cyber resilient infrastructures will be the first step towards guarding all public sector departments from the ever-evolving cyber crime culture becoming more prevalent, incurring billions of rands worth of losses for the public sector. According to Interpol’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report for 2021 cyber-attacks cost South Africa over R2.2 billion per annum and 47% of public sector data breaches are not discovered until years after the initial attack. This further demonstrates that public sector organisations and state-owned enterprises remain key targets for hackers and cyber criminals calling for public sector organisations to take a closer look at their existing strategies and re-evaluate systems which should be safeguarding them against attacks. There is an urgent need for public sector organisations and SOEs to investment to be made in upgrading infrastructure, skills, and technology. The Public Sector Security Summit 2023 (#PubliSec2023) that will be hosted on 3 October 2023 at the Gallagher convention centre will be giving a number of experts a platform to address the pertinent issue of cyber security within the public sector.

Offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling has secured a two-well contract extension for the Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig. The rig is on a contract with China's CNOOC, operating in the UK North Sea, at the Golden Eagle offshore oil field. Owned by Shelf Drilling North Sea, a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling, the Shelf Drilling Fortress drilling rig was previously known as Noble Sam Hartley. In October 2022, Shelf Drilling bought five jack-up drilling rigs Noble Hans Deul, Noble Sam Hartley, Noble Sam Turner, Noble Houston Colbert, and Noble Lloyd Noble, from Noble Corporation for $375 million. Noble Corporation had to sell the five rigs to alleviate competition concerns in the UK in relation to its merger with Maersk Drilling.

Geneva: HSBC announces the appointment of Aladdin Hangari as Head of Global Private Banking Middle East & North Africa (MENA), succeeding Sobhi Tabbara who has announced his departure from HSBC with effect from January 2024 to pursue opportunities beyond the bank. Sobhi has led HSBC Global Private Banking in the MENA region since 2012, driving the expansion of its Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) coverage in key markets, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Aladdin joins HSBC from Credit Suisse, where he spent 20 years, most recently as CEO of Credit Suisse (Qatar LLC) and CEO of Aventicum Capital Management Holding AG. HSBC Global Private Banking continues to strengthen its position across the region, serving customers with excellence throughout Europe and the Middle East. Further strengthening our service across Europe, the Middle East and Africa underlines HSBC’s extensive heritage and reaffirms our position as a leading private bank in the region.

Tunisia - The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources decided to extend the decision dated March 29, 2023, on the introduction of a system of short-term quotas and the prohibition of certain uses of water, until further notice. The general filling rate of dams stood at 27.3% on 14 September 2023, with rates of around 32% in the north, 11.3% in the centre and 6.8% in Cap Bon, according to the National Observatory for Agriculture (ONAGRI). The Ministry banned on March 31 2023 the use of drinking water distributed by Sonede for farming, irrigating green areas, cleaning streets and public places, and washing vehicles. These measures remained in force until September 2023. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

Offering employees stock options and building good local and international networks are key to successfully scaling startups, according to a new report. The Local Connectedness Index measures the size, density, and quality of a startup’s local network. Early-stage startups with a higher Local Connectedness Index see their revenue grow twice as fast as those with the lower Local Connectedness Index. Scaleup success rate clearly increases with “Global Connectedness”, and startups that develop a high level of Global Connectedness have a 3.25 times higher chance of scaling than those with a low level. Out of all current scaleups, a third were founded by serial founders, and founders who have previous hypergrowth experience have an 85 per cent higher scaleup rate compared to founders without this experience.

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. is a pharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on gastrointestinal (GI) diseases and dermatology. Its development pipeline is focused on Bowel Diseases, Colon Infections, and products to reduce the incidence of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) by increasing the detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions during colonoscopy. Its therapeutic focus is on the oral and endoscopic treatment of colon diseases. Sector Pharmaceuticals

Abdullah AlSaadoun, Director META, at NetWitness, on the company’s comprehensive, end-to-end visibility platform that comes equipped with diverse security capabilities.

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Bulelwa Ntshingwa, Business Development Director for Hecate Global in South Africa spoke to ESI at Enlit Africa about building partnerships to address the country’s energy crisis and climate change. The IPP which wants to develop solar, wind and energy storage projects in-country. Find out more about Hecate Global.

Mali Battles Azawad Movement and IslamistsKanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay WalkerModern Tokyo TimesMali is blighted by internal forces that seek to weaken the nation-state. ISIS (Islamic State – IS) and several terrorist branches of al-Qaeda (al-Qaida) roam vast regions of the Sahel and the Lake Chad region – linking with West Africa (Northern Nigeria). Therefore, millions of people have fled parts of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and other nations linking West Africa (Nigeria). The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) is launching new attacks in the Bamba region of Northern Mali. Modern Tokyo News is part of the Modern Tokyo Times grouphttp://moderntokyotimes.com Modern Tokyo Times – International News and Japan Newshttp://sawakoart.com – Sawako Utsumi’s website and Modern Tokyo Times artisthttps://moderntokyonews.com Modern Tokyo News – Tokyo News and International NewsPLEASE JOIN ON TWITTERhttps://twitter.com/MTT_News Modern Tokyo TimesPLEASE JOIN ON FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/moderntokyotimes

Under the terms of the agreement, Hikma will receive from Cassiopea, a subsidiary of Cosmo, the exclusive right to register and commercialize Winlevi ® in 17 Middle Eastern and North African countries. Over 15,000 US health care providers have prescribed Winlevi® to date which represents 88% of total health care providers in dermatology. Hikma demonstrates strong performance in the dermatology market in the MENA region and is ranked among the top 10 companies in this therapeutic area. Their significant experience in commercialization in the MENA region gives us great confidence in their ability to successfully register and market Winlevi®. DisclaimerSome of the statements in this press release may be forward-looking statements or statements of future expectations based on currently available information.

“The Hashgraph Association’s partnership with Dar Blockchain will accelerate the mass adoption of DLT in the MENA region. It is a result of this openness to Web3 that we are partnering with Dar Blockchain and committing to advance the MENA Web3 industry,” said Kamal Youssefi, President of The Hashgraph Association. Recently, the MENA region has been a frontrunner for Web3 growth and innovation. Kamal Youssefi, President of The Hashgraph Association, said:“The Hashgraph Association’s partnership with Dar Blockchain will accelerate the mass adoption of DLT in the MENA region. It is a result of this openness to Web3 that we are partnering with Dar Blockchain and committing to advance the MENA Web3 industry.”Founded in 2018, Dar Blockchain is a web 3.0 hub that supports the development of decentralized solutions and Web 3.0 initiatives across the Middle East and Africa region (MENA).

CAIRO - A huge fire erupted at a police facility in the Egyptian Suez Canal city of Ismailia early on Monday, injuring at least 25 people before firefighters contained the blaze after several hours, emergency services and media reported. Two witnesses told Reuters firefighters initially appeared to struggle to tackle the blaze. More than three hours later, state television said it had been contained. At least 25 people were injured in a preliminary count of casualties, the Egyptian Ambulance Authority said. (Reporting by Hatem Maher and Yusri Mohamed; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Christian Schmollinger)