AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoSahel Media Watch: WAJSIC released “The Sahel: The State of the Media 2025–2026,” mapping how press freedom and journalist safety are being squeezed across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger through legal limits, digital surveillance, intimidation, and pressure on independent institutions. Climate & Energy for Cooling: A Climate Impact Lab report warns climate change could add about 430,000 heat-related deaths each year by 2050, with poorer countries—including Mali—hit hardest because electricity for cooling won’t scale fast enough. Cybersecurity & Threat Intel: Resecurity announced native integration with IBM QRadar SIEM, letting teams enrich and correlate security events with external threat intelligence via STIX/TAXII for faster monitoring and response. Digital Sovereignty: Côte d’Ivoire launched a national public key infrastructure (PKI) to secure electronic transactions with a domestic trust anchor, reducing reliance on foreign certificate authorities. Plant Science: Research on apple-pathogen interactions highlights how a fungal effector (VmRnt2) can disable a host defense regulator, offering clues for stronger crop protection. Mali Conflict Dynamics: Reports say northern Mali’s separatist and al-Qaeda-linked groups (FLA and JNIM) have coordinated offensives, raising pressure on Malian forces and destabilizing the wider Sahel.
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