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Angolan president demands curbs on social media

December 18, 2015July 27, 2016 creative africa, alastair-sharp, chief-executive, illustration, logo-on-display, man-poses, obama-on-friday, portuguese, president, santos, sarajevo, software-began, waterloo, world

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos called on Friday for a crackdown on social media, heightening concerns about the tolerance of dissent or political opposition in Africa's number two oil producer. In a surprise television address, dos Santos, who has run the former Portuguese colony since 1979, said websites such as Facebook were useful for disseminating information but were being abused to publish “derogatory and morally offensive content”

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Director hits back at critics of Taylor Swift’s African video

September 2, 2015 admin africa, america, blank-space, director-kahn, mtv, speaks-as-swift, taylor-swift, video, video-music, wildest-dreams

The director of Taylor Swift's new music video set in Africa struck back on Wednesday at mounting criticism of the scarcity of black people in the mini-film and its romanticized portrayal of the continent. “Wildest Dreams,” a love story filmed against a backdrop of giraffes, lions, waterfalls and stunning sunsets, has been viewed more than 15 million times since it was released on Monday to accompany the American pop superstar's latest single.

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Syria’s ailing water network could spark epidemics: Red Cross

September 2, 2015 publisher africa, conflict, director-kahn, divided-cities, fill-containers, icrc, mtv, speaks-as-swift, threat, water-supplies

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria's water network, heavily damaged by bombs and shelling, is at risk of collapse as its civil war drags on, increasing the threat of deadly typhoid or cholera outbreaks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. Millions of people in Aleppo and Damascus are cut off from water supplies for days at a time, a tactic used by all warring sides to exert control in divided cities, the ICRC said. ICRC aid workers have helped water boards and engineers to maintain and repair aging pumping stations throughout Syria since the conflict began in March 2011

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Disney unboxes the Force to drive buzz for ‘Star Wars’ toys

September 2, 2015 publisher africa, chris-pirillo, conflict, darth-vader, director-kahn, divided-cities, garnered-nearly, growing, identities, iphone, series-as-seen, the-costume, toys, trying-out-new

By Piya Sinha-Roy and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When technology and geek culture enthusiast Chris Pirillo purchased his iPhone 6 last year, he rushed home to broadcast himself unboxing the item live on YouTube. The video has garnered nearly 50,000 views and is part of the growing craze of 'unboxing' that is a centerpiece of a live global Walt Disney event, starting on Wednesday evening in Australia, to unveil new toys from its December movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The goal? The Disney event, to be live-streamed online, is the most high-profile embrace to date of unboxing, where people film themselves opening and trying out new toys and gadgets

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Facebook rolls out new Android app for emerging markets

June 4, 2015 publisher africa, app-suite, facebook, facebook-lite, limit-data, media-service, menlo-park, press-event, product-manager

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc rolled out a new Android app for its social media service on Thursday that uses less data and runs faster in regions with spotty connections.