A landmark United Nations (UN) report has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at a pace that is outstripping both scientific understanding and governments’ ability to regulate it, creating significant opportunities as well as growing risks for societies, economies and global security.

The World Bank Group has appointed Nicola Pontara as Division Director for the Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad, where he will oversee the institution’s strategic engagement and development portfolio across the four nations.

The agreement, signed late on Wednesday, is similar to those struck with countries including Rwanda, Kenya, ​and Uganda

Chad President talks trade in Abu Dhabi

Key to Rwanda’s post-genocide stability lies in an aggressive economic strategy

SA) Rand edged higher against a weaker Dollar