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From green card to fraud: Kenyans arrested in $130m US ghost student scam

Kenyan Francis Mogambi indicted in US over Operation Ghostbusters scheme using stolen identities to enroll fake students and defraud federal student aid

Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history

Binance says $6.3bn in digital assets impacted by suspected largest hack in history, linked to North Korean group TraderTraitor; half of assets frozen

US convicts Rwandan man who hid genocide role for decades

Rwandan man Eric Nshimiye convicted in Boston of perjury and obstruction for lying about his role in the 1994 genocide during a classmate's trial

Gambia to pay victims of Yahya Jammeh’s rule from proceeds of his seized US mansion

The Gambia's Reparations Commission has received $2.57m from the US sale of Yahya Jammeh's Maryland mansion, with funds earmarked to compensate victims of his rule.

Nigeria confirms Ebola case linked to East Africa

Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in a female traveller from Uganda, now isolated in Abuja, as authorities trace 44 contacts and urge calm and vigilance

Meta fined $25bn for ‘lies’ over user data privacy

A New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25bn, finding the company intentionally misled the public about how it handled and controlled Facebook user data

Morocco’s first female prime minister caught between the king, clerics, and feminists

Morocco’s first female prime minister, Fatima Zahra El Mansouri, faces debate over women in power, gender equality and reforms to the country’s family code