🚨 BREAKING: Police arrest 19-year-old hacker in Sofia over cyberattacks on Bulgaria's state TV and radio
Anti-mafia unit GDBOP says he breached sites of BNT, BNR and state bodies, stealing personal data to sell on hacker forums. He faces three charges.
#Bulgaria #Cybersecurity
🇧🇯 🚨 Benin designer unveils ocean-inspired indigo collection at lakeside show in Ouidah
Nadia Adanlé's "Apusomɛ" line features 16 patterns of fish, shells, corals and turtles. One, "Filimi" ("Remember Me"), honours those who perished in the Atlantic.
#Benin
🚨 BREAKING: Lee and Merz upgrade Korea–Germany ties in Seoul
South Korea and Germany launched an "enhanced strategic partnership" covering tech, defence and energy during Merz's first visit as chancellor.
#SouthKorea #Germany
🇬🇳 🚨 Guinea's young filmmakers fight to revive a cinema industry left with closed theatres
In Conakry, only the Franco-Guinean Cultural Centre still screens films regularly. Training schemes and incubators like Saboutech now teach directing, editing and sound.
#Guinea
🚨 BREAKING: PLA runs combat-readiness patrols around Scarborough Shoal
China's Southern Theater Command says naval and air units patrolled Huangyan Dao waters and airspace Friday, calling it a response to Philippine acts.
#China #SouthChinaSea
🇬🇲 🚨 Hundreds of University of The Gambia students protest poor living and study conditions
Students rallied with placards as police with riot shields stood by; the student union urged a peaceful mass mobilisation.
#Gambia
🚨 BREAKING: Saudi-led coalition says it downed a Houthi drone over Mecca region
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said the UAV was intercepted and destroyed Friday; Houthis deny targeting the holy city.
#SaudiArabia #Mecca
🇨🇮 🚨 Côte d'Ivoire launches crime crackdown "Operation Épervier 12" ahead of holidays
Interior Minister Vagondo Diomandé launched it in Bouaké. Police, gendarmes, troops and customs deploy in all 12 police prefectures against banditry and drug trade.
#CotedIvoire
🇬🇦 UPDATE: Underwater robot locates 3 bodies inside sunken Prospector 5 drilling rig, Gabon
The jack-up rig sank off Mayumba on Oct 24 during jacking operations. 110 of 115 aboard were rescued; 2 remain missing, the navy says. Video: night of the sinking.
#Gabon
🚨 BREAKING: Comoros' Assoumani urges Russian help for food security
At the Russia–Africa summit, President Azali Assoumani said Moscow should help Comoros grow more of its own food amid supply shocks.
#Comoros #RussiaAfrica
🚨 BREAKING: Seychelles president receives firearms-import inquiry report
Patrick Herminie took delivery of the Board of Enquiry report led by Justice Duncan Gaswaga into the contested importation of firearms.
#Seychelles
🚨 BREAKING: Sweden's sports minister slams ruling letting Russia back into ice hockey Worlds
Jakob Forssmed called Friday's CAS decision "very remarkable" and "unfortunate". It forces the IIHF to admit Russian teams at once, incl. the 2027 Worlds.
#Sweden #IceHockey
🚨 BREAKING: Tajikistan opens Dushanbe Autism Center and Radisson hotel
President Rahmon opened the center for diagnosis, therapy and schooling of autistic children, plus a 206-room hotel; he says the new sites add 2,500 jobs.
#Tajikistan #Autism



