SAP SE has announced that VFS Global, the world-leading provider of visa, consular and technology services to governments and diplomatic missions, will leverage SAP software to help it develop leading-edge AI-powered digital solutions for cross-border mobility and citizen services. Cross-border mobility and citizen services are becoming increasingly digital, and governmentsContinue Reading
South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May. Malema said the UK had no “substantial justification” for its decision, and he saw it as an “attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective”. In aContinue Reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali ’s military government has suspended political party activities in the West African country “until further notice,” state media said Wednesday, days after the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago. The decree signed by the transitional president, Gen. Assimi Goita, cites “reasonsContinue Reading
Foxconn, the maker of Apple’s iPhones, has announced plans to produce electric vehicles (EV) for Japanese car giant Mitsubishi Motors. Under the agreement in principle, a Foxconn joint venture will design and build cars in Taiwan for Mitsubishi. The companies say they expect the new model to be available byContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump says the opportunity for Russia to play at the 2026 World Cup could be an “incentive” to end the war in Ukraine. The Russian national football team has been banned from international competition by FIFA and UEFA since the country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Trump campaigned toContinue Reading
Visa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to theContinue Reading
Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party, has told the BBC that he will not give up his place on the presidential ballot without a fight. Last month, an Ivorian court ruled that the former Credit Suisse boss was not eligible toContinue Reading
Donald Trump says he will talk with Hollywood executives, after an earlier announcement that he would hit films made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs sent shockwaves through the industry. The US president said on Sunday he was authorising the commerce department to start the process to impose the levyContinue Reading
In a poignant and reflective ceremony on Monday, April 7, 2025, people from all walks of life gathered in Accra to observe the 31st commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The event, organised by the Rwanda High Commission in Ghana together with the Rwandan Community inContinue Reading
Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting for the Russian army in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president said intelligence suggested the number of Chinese soldiers in Russia’s army is “much higher than two”. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said thatContinue Reading