Day: July 20, 2021

New Cybersecurity Industry Plan Created by China to Improve Country’s Data Protections

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has launched a new cybersecurity industry plan to boost development of the country’s cybersecurity sector. The draft three-year action plan, worth more than 250 billion yuan, proposes securing more networks and updating infrastructure in sectors including energy, health, education, finance and transport.

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Ethiopia: Aid Groups Warn Time is Running out in Tigray

Aid groups have warned that the continual struggle to send relief to Ethiopia’s plagued region of Tigray could worsen the humanitarian crisis there. Since November, Tigray, the Northern region of Ethiopia, has witnessed thousands of its civilians facing violence and famine with no access to aids or peaceful intervention. Due

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Thousands Flee Homes as Fighting Intensifies in Afghanistan

This week, thousands of Afghan civilians were forced to flee their homes as fighting intensified between the Taliban and the Afghan government in northern Kunduz City. TheTaliban infiltrated the city early in the week, waging coordinated attacks against local security forces in nearly every neighborhood. Although the Afghan Air Force has retaliated

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