The BBC published on 5 June 2024 an article titled "Chinese Nationals Ran Cybercrime Syndicate from Zambia" by Wycliffe Muia.
Twenty-two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty to committing cyber-related crimes in Zambia. They were among seventy-seven persons, mostly Zambian nationals, arrested in April in connection with the fraud. The company that organized the cybercrime was the Chinese-run Golden Top Support Services.
The CTC Sentinel published in its January 2024 issue a detailed research article titled "The Online Frontline: Decoding al-Shabaab's Social Media Strategy" by Georgia Gilroy.
The article presents findings from a research study into al-Shabaab's online behavior between January and December 2023, and explores the concerning threats posed by al-Shabaab's growing technical skills. Al-Shabaab's continued resilience is enhanced by its sophisticated communications infrastructure. Its networks provide an alarmingly well-controlled, adaptive, and coordinated approach to social media that serves to weaponize online spaces and platforms.
The Washington Post published on 21 October 2023 an article titled "Spy vs Spy: How Israelis Tried to Stop Russia's Information War in Africa" by Elizabeth Dwoskin.
Russia has been running a successful information campaign using social media that was crucial in evicting French forces and UN peacekeepers in Mali and in establishing new alliances in the Sahel region. Western governments have failed to appreciate the impact of Russia's online strategy in Africa, which includes both covert operations and more public ones such as paying local influencers to fly to Russia.
The Associated Press published on 10 February 2023 an article titled "Ethiopia's Social Media Blocked Amid Church Split Tensions."
A dispute within the Ethiopian Orthodox Church over the use of local languages resulted in calls on social media for protest rallies in Oromia Region. The government then suspended access to social media platforms.
