No new cases. No victims identified. Yet the Maldives has escaped a downgrade in the US State Department’s human trafficking rankings, staying on its watch list for a third straight year. A waiver, granted on the strength of a written plan, spared it a drop to Tier 3. The country has been here before: plans bought the same reprieve in 2012, 2013 and 2020. This year’s report flags official complicity. Three immigration officials named in a December bribery verdict “continue to perform their jobs while reportedly under investigation”. Research by the Public Interest Law Centre suggests why so few cases are counted. It describes a system that only recognises the most extreme exploitation, leaving migrant workers in a “hierarchy of suffering”. The waiver can only be used once. Unless the 2027 report lifts the Maldives to Tier 2, a downgrade is likely. Read the full story: https://maldivesindependent.com/society/no-new-cases-no-victims-identified-but-maldives-escapes-human-trafficking-downgrade-8cf1 Facebook

São-Tomé, 07 Out. 2026 ( STP-Press ) – O mandatário do MLSTP, Cilcio Santos declarou que o Presidente do partido, Américo Barros espera ser nomeado novo primeiro-ministro, “respeitando a vontade do povo” na sequência da divulgação terça-feira dos resultados definitivos das legislativas de 27 setembro pelo Tribunal Constitucional. “ O que nós esperamos com toda humildade é que […] Presidente da República nomeie o Presidente do MLSTP Primeiro-ministro respeitando a vontade do povo como partido vencedor das eleições” – disse Cilcio Santos logo após a divulgação dos resultados pelo Tribunal Constitucional que confirmou a vitória do MLSTP nas legislativas com 24 deputados seguido do ADI com 23, MCI-PUN com seis e Basta com dois. «Vamos conversar com todos os partidos que tiveram mandato” disse Cilcio Santos para depois acrescentar que “houve vários contactos que encetamos desde a divulgação dos resultados provisórios”. O Mandatário do MLSTP disse que “uma coisa de...

Cinq mois après la signature du protocole d’accord du 18 mai 2026, le gouvernement nigérien a dressé un bilan sans concession de la coopération pétrolière avec ses partenaires chinois. Dans un communiqué officiel, lu le 13 octobre 2026 par le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, Niamey dénonce des manquements financiers et contractuels majeurs et accorde 45 jours à la CNPC, WAPCO et la SORAZ pour se conformer aux engagements bilatéraux et communautaires. L’heure des comptes a sonné dans le secteur pétrolier nigérien. Réuni pour évaluer la mise en œuvre des 45 engagements issus du protocole de partenariat signé le 18 mai 2026, le comité de suivi gouvernemental a rendu public ses conclusions particulièrement sévères à l’encontre des sociétés chinoises opérant sur la chaîne pétrolière nationale : la CNPC, WAPCO et la raffinerie de Zinder (SORAZ). Plus de 3 000 milliards de FCFA hors du circuit financier national Au...

By Imanuel Hawanga NAMFISA General Manager for Capital Markets Most scams can be prevented if you stop, verify, and think before you act. In October 2025, a video circulated on social media showing President Nandi-Ndaitwah promoting an investment scheme. The video was fake and AI-generated. If fraudsters can fake the Head of State, they can impersonate anyone. Social media and AI have become powerful tools for scammers. Impersonation is already costing Namibians. In 2025, Namibians lost N$73.9 million to payment fraud, an N$19 million increase from 2024, roughly N$6 million every month. According to the Bank of Namibia, the main contributing factor was “vishing and phishing schemes, in which fraudsters impersonate legitimate institutions to deceive individuals into disclosing sensitive information such as usernames and passwords.” Scammers typically use spoofed websites, fraudulent emails, text messages and phone calls that appear authentic. Under the Namibia Financial Sector Transformation Strategy 2025-2035, the Namibia...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s High Council of State has refuted UN envoy Hanna Tetteh’s description of its stance on the proposed “4+4” agreement, saying her description does not reflect the official position of the council on the political understandings being discussed. The dispute coincides with ongoing wrangling among Libyan political bodies over the implementation of the proposed deal, which reflects the ongoing tensions over the country’s political trajectory and the means to move forward on the stalled transition. The High Council of State believes that the role of Libyan institutions should be properly reflected and respected in the political frameworks. It has also emphasized the importance of reaching a true consensus on the controversial issues to open the door to a comprehensive solution to the crisis. Read More: White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is questioned about legal qualifications The disagreement highlights a wider problem with the United Nations Support Mission in...

Sunday Standard Bakang takes DCEC prosecutorial powers dispute to High Court Bakang Seretse and others have escalated their challenge to the prosecutorial powers of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). The four have filed an appeal against a ruling by Broadhurst Regional Magistrate Mareledi Dipate that allowed DCEC officers to continue prosecuting the National Petroleum Fund case. The appeal follows Dipate’s June 30 ruling dismissing an application that sought to halt the prosecution on the grounds that the DCEC officers leading the case lacked lawful authority to institute and conduct criminal proceedings. Seretse and others are facing 63 counts, including stealing by agent, money laundering, forgery of an official document and conspiracy to defraud government. .ihc-locker-wrap{} There’s more to this story But to keep reading, we need you to subscribe. Investigative journalism is an indispensable part of a healthy society, but it’s also expensive to produce. We are...

18 Faut-il taxer les conversions entre cryptomonnaies et stablecoins en France ? La question, posée par trois dirigeants du secteur, relance le débat fiscal à quelques semaines de l’examen du budget. Jean Meyer (Deblock), Damien Patureaux (Lyzi) et Pierre Morizot (Waltio) proposent de taxer directement ces échanges, aujourd’hui exonérés d’impôt tant qu’ils ne débouchent pas sur une conversion en euros. Une « singularité fiscale » selon ses auteurs Actuellement, un particulier qui convertit des bitcoins en stablecoins — ces jetons numériques adossés à une monnaie comme le dollar ou l’euro — ne déclenche aucune imposition, contrairement à une conversion en euros classiques. Les trois dirigeants qualifient cette situation de singularité fiscale qui, selon eux, prive l’État de recettes et freine la structuration d’une véritable fiscalité crypto cohérente. Leur argument central : taxer ce passage accélérerait l’usage des cryptomonnaies comme moyen de paiement et simplifierait le calcul de l’impôt pour les utilisateurs, aujourd’hui...

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Donald Duke, has likened opposition parties supporting President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid to political parties that backed former military ruler Sani Abacha’s transition programme. Duke, a former Cross River State governor made the comparison during an interview on ARISE News on Thursday, where he criticised some opposition parties for supporting Tinubu despite belonging to the opposition. He recalled the expression “five leprous fingers”, a phrase used in Nigeria’s political history to describe the five political parties registered under Abacha’s military regime in the 1990s. “Before I go into that, you know, you talked about the opposition, some of the opposition parties, um, supporting the president. It was reminiscent of what happened in, uh, Abacha’s transition. “You know the five leper’s fingers? Yes. So you now have four leper’s fingers because one of the fingers has been—has dropped off,” he said. The expression...