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Boeing has won a nearly $440 million contract to build new Apache AH-64E ground support combat helicopters for Morocco, the Department of Defence announced in a press release. "The Boeing Company of Mesa, Arizona was awarded a $439,179,677 modification contract for new-build Apache AH-64E aircraft and Longbow crew trainers", the release said on Thursday . Fiscal Year 2020 Foreign Military Sales for Morocco for the full cost of the sale were obligated at the time of the award, the Defence Department added. Work on the contract will be performed in Mesa in the US state of Arizona over the next five years with an estimated completion date of 1 March 2025, the release said. On 14 May, Boeing won two cruise missile contracts worth over $2.6 billion combined to support foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia, Japan, India, South Korea, Qatar, Brazil, and The Netherlands.

The head of office of Monusco in Ituri, Cecilia Piazza made, during an exchange with the press on Monday June 29, 2020 in Bunia, a global return on the work of the UN mission in this province, during the two years of his mandate. Although "not perfect", she judges the results of her institution to be "satisfactory". Context of his arrival in Ituri. It was the day after the outbreak of the atrocities in Djugu that Ms. Cecilia set foot in Ituri. A province plagued by insecurity. For two years, she managed in a "tense" context. CODECO militia activism, "an ongoing battle". “Two intense years, just with the start of violence in Djugu. Djugu was at the heart of our work and continues to be, "she said. According to her, the contribution of the UN mission has been of great importance in managing the security situation in Djugu and Mahagi. In Djugu, several temporary bases have been set up, on the one hand, to ensure daily patrols, and on t

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been ranked among the best President’s in the World, according to a New York University and World Bank experts who ranked the President 7th in terms of influencing economic growth. The report first released in May 2018 by the World Bank economist Steve Penning’s and New York University Economics Professor William Easterly indicates that Museveni is one of the best leaders with a significant positive impact on their countries economic growth. The two experts define the best leaders as any leaders for whom estimated leader effect is positive and significant at the 95% level and the worst leader are those with negative and insignificant leader effects. The findings that were entitled “Shrinking dictators: how much economic growth can we attribute to national leaders” ranked Senior General Than Shwe of Burma as number one for being the most influential leader who steered his country’s economic growth at 3.95% and shrinkage of just 0.71%. He was th

Palo Alto Networks’ Units 42 researchers have discovered a new version of a “hybrid crypto-jacking malware,” which they have dubbed “Lucifer.” Lucifer malware is capable of launching DDoS attacks and can attack vulnerable Windows hosts using a variety of “trivial-to-exploit nature” flaws most of which are either rated ‘high’ or ‘critical.’ The first wave of this campaign was blocked by Palo Alto Networks on 10 June 2020, but the attacker resumed the campaign the very next day with an upgraded version of Lucifer malware. The campaign is still active and wreaking havoc by targeting Windows computers to mine for cryptocurrency and launching intense DDoS attacks. Palo Alto Networks’ researchers observed that the new variant of Lucifer is immensely powerful as it performs crypto-jacking by dropping XMRig to mine for Monero cryptocurrency , connect to C&C server and enable self-propagation via exploiting multiple vulnerabilities along with launching credential brute-forcing. Furth

The attackers of the CODECO militia signed, on the night of Sunday to Monday, June 29, 2020, an attack in the locality Mungulumoya, 5 km from the center of Kunda in the chiefdom of Babelebe, in Irumu territory. At least 10 civilians were killed and 3 others seriously wounded, during this attack of firearms and sharp bladed weapons. Although the situation is already under control of the Congolese security forces, this locality remains emptied of its population, which has moved massively to the center of Kunda, about ten kilometers from the city of Bunia. Faced with this situation, the provincial deputy Claude Malabo, urges the Congolese state to better secure the inhabitants, unjustly massacred. "The army must secure the entities threatened by these enemies of peace. But I believe that we must also succeed in destroying them definitively. The population no longer knows how to live in peace following permanent threats, "said this elected representative from Irumu's e

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PostgreSQL, commonly known as Postgres is one of the largest and most popular database systems in the world. It is the primary database of Mac OSX but also has Linux and Windows versions available. For a time I have been dealing with postgreSQL,I have keenly been monitoring the less well known ‘feature’ (CVE-2019–9193) which allows certain database users to gain arbitrary code execution in the context of the user running the Postgres instance. This is something which is enabled by default on all versions of PostgreSQL from 9.3 through to the latest of 11.2. This affects all operating systems, Windows, Linux and Mac. Since version 9.3, new functionality for ‘COPY TO/FROM PROGRAM’ was implemented. This allows the database superuser, and any user in the ‘pg_execute_server_program’ group to run arbitrary operating system commands. This effectively means there is no separation of privilege between a database superuser user and the user running the database on the operating system. This

The Somali National Army has seized four new strategic villages from Al-Shabaab militant group in Lower Juba region on Sunday. The operations conducted by the government troops have taken the control of some villages including Janay Abdale, Hilishid, Mayonde and Garasceebe under Lower Juba region. Lieutenant Ismail Abdimalik Moalim, the commander of the 16th brigade of the Danab forces, said the operations would continue until the troops reached all the areas controlled by AL-Shabab fighters. The commander of the Darwish forces in the Jubbaland region told the media that he had begun operations against militias in the central town of Buale but still needs more effort to capture. The forces have been conducting operations against al-Shabaab in the Lower Juba region in recent days to flash out Al-Shabab militant group in the region.

The identity of the source remains an enduring mystery, but whoever they are, they undoubtedly possess information that could shed light on innumerable inaccuracies in the dossier, which was cited extensively by the Bureau in its various applications for surveillance orders against Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has refused to release documents related to Christopher Steele’s primary source for his notorious ‘Trump-Russia’ dossier in response to a Freedom of Information request filed by The Daily Caller, on the basis the information is classified and risks identifying a confidential FBI source. The Daily Caller sought all FBI records for an individual identified as “Primary Sub-Source” in Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz report on Crossfire Hurricane, issued December 2019 – the assessment found Steele’s source contradicted and dismissed key allegations made in the dossier, after they were tracked down and interview

The new weapons, developed by a Revolutionary Guards’ agency responsible for military R&D, have been unveiled amid the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to convince the international community to continue to enforce an arms embargo against Tehran after its October expiry date. Gen. Ali Koohestani, director of the Revolutionary Guards’ Ground Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization, has given Tasnim News Agency a sneak peek at several new weapons systems for use by infantry formations. The arms include the Qare’a, a disposable, lightweight rocket launcher made of composite materials, which features a rocket engine-powered 80 mm caliber missile. The weapon is said to have an effective range of 250 meters, and to be ideal for anti-fortification use. Another of the R&D agency’s designs is a man-portable recoilless rifle dubbed the Nafez-2 (‘Penetrator-2’), a 19 kg anti-armour system which can also be used against enemy emplacements. Finally, Koohestani unveiled the Asht

The NGO-DH Convention for the respect of human rights (CRDH) in Irumu territory in the province of Ituri, alert on the illicit harassment and enrichment of Mayi-Mayi militiamen in several agglomerations of this territory in Walese chiefdom -Vonkutu. According to its coordinator Christophe Munyanderu, who presented the  information onon Saturd, June 27, 2020, the latter demand a sum of 3,000 Congolese francs as well as a quantity of food from the farming inhabitants, who began to return to this region after the recent attacks by Ugandan ADF rebels. "In general, in Irumu territory, there is the activism of armed groups, in particular the Mai-Mai militiamen in the Walese-Vonkutu chiefdom. While the latter commit atrocities on the population. They are demanding from each cultivator 3,000 FC and a quantity of food for their survival in this entity. " he declares. Christophe Munyanderu demands the urgent involvement of the competent authorities to settle this situation. He wi

A new attack by militiamen from the Congo Development Cooperative, CODECO in acronym, has been reported in Maze, a locality in the territory of Djugu, chiefdom of Bahema North. According to local civil society reporting, it was around 9 p.m. that these outlaws entered, with the aim of looting the property of the population. But they killed a woman and her son before taking away several goats belonging to the victim. “We killed 2 people, Maman Joséphine and her son Deogracias. They were assassinated around 9 p.m. in the village of Beti on Labo hill and took several goods from his house "testifies Jean-Vianney Nguess. He also adds that these CODECO millers came from the Ladedjo group to get food before returning to their camp. In this territory, the macabre counting is done almost every day. Like this Sunday, Bahema Badgere civil society has alerted to the deaths of at least 12 civilians in just 2 days, still by CODECO attackers.

It has been almost three years since the beginning of the atrocities attributed to the CODECO militia in the Djugu territory located north of the city of Bunia in Ituri. Under the facilitation of Monusco, local news outlets carried out a mission to assess the security and the impact of the action of  MONUSCO engaged alongside the Congolese army, in the heavy task of restoring the peace in this part of the country. Several villages visited on the Bule-Largu-Maze axis, considered "the epicenter of violence" for having been the starting point in December 2017, are almost uninhabited and present an image of desolation, with houses for the most burned down and fields of crops abandoned and devastated. For two days, from June 25 to 27, 2020, our reporter who traveled on a completely dilapidated road during this rainy period, the localities of Katoto, Lita, Kparanganza, Largu, Ché, Saliboko, Dheja, Blukua, Drodro, Roe, Maze… paints a picture of a dying territory, with a pop

Hon.Janet Kataaha Museveni born June 24, 1948 is the First Lady of Uganda since May 1986. She is married to President Yoweri Museveni, with whom they have four children. She is the current Minister of Education and Sports in Uganda's Cabinet. She was appointed to this position on 6th June, 2016. She previously served as Minister for Karamoja Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 until 6 June 2016. She also served as the elected Member of Parliament representing Ruhaama County in Ntungamo District, between 2011 and 2016. Janet Museveni went into exile in 1971, when Idi Amin toppled the Obote I regime in a military coup. She married Yoweri Museveni in August 1973. When Idi Amin's regime fell from power in April 1979, she moved back to Uganda from Tanzania where she had been living in exile with her husband. In February 1981; Janet Museveni and her children re-located to Nairobi, Kenya, where they lived with family friends until 1983. In 1983, they moved to Goth

Celestine Tiguan ya kasende was born in Bukavu on July 21, 1954. Originally from Lubao, a former district of Kabinda, which has become a province of la Lomami, he is married to Madame Julielle Kasongo mbiye. He studied at the Athénée Royale in Bukavu, then humanities at the College of the Holy Spirit of the Jesuits in Bujumbura, where he obtained his state diploma in 1975, in 1984 he obtained a degree in Public Law at the University of Kinshasa. Last night,A dozen police officers camped in front of the home of Congolese Minister of Justice, Célestin Tiguan ya Kasende, in Kinshasa. "A mandate to bring" was issued against him by the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, confirmsc a police source. However, still according to this source, Minister Tiguan did not "agreed" to follow the police. " He locked himself in his house. He denounced a violation of the procedure, explaining that before he is arrested, the National Assembly must be a

From yesterday morning I have been trying to contact a lot of my contemporaries with an aim of trying to understand what is really behind CODECO,it seems thus militia group is deep rooted in the societies of Ituri,but the biggest question is"does the DRC gorvenment know this?what does MONUSCO exhaustively say about CODECO?? Has FARDC failed to uproot them? ...This is what happened in the night of Friday to Saturday..... Civil society in chiefdom of Bahema Badgere, Djugu territory reports 12 civilians killed in attacks attributed to CODECO militiamen, between Friday and Saturday June 27, 2020. “Around 3 pm on Friday, in the village, they killed 4 people including the village chief and a midwife who works in a local health center, before also injuring 1 man. The night of that same Friday to Saturday, they attacked the villages of Kodjo and Mbata where they killed 8 people "as  reported by Molodra Désiré, coordinator of this citizen structure. Mr. Molodra pleads for a su

LUCHA, Lutte pour le Changement, expresses its deep concern at the deterioration of security in Ituri and North Kivu. Crimes that should not go unpunished. In a press briefing held this Friday June 26, 2020 in Bunia, this citizen movement, in a series of recommendations to international and national decision-makers, suggests opening an international investigation to identify and punish the perpetrators of these serious crimes in two provinces. "An independent, impartial, transparent and swift international investigation is needed to establish the facts and the responsibility for the killings, mutilations, kidnappings, destruction and looting perpetrated in the Beni region and in Ituri since the recent wave of violence. This investigation should focus in particular on the identification of the actors in the massacres and other serious acts, on the role of the Congolese civil and military authorities (…) "read their press release. Beyond the judicial aspect, this civic stru

Among the sectors hard hit by Corona pandemic is education!! In our country,Students and pupils are at this time not sure if they will continue with their education this year.However,the gorvenment has assured the country of the commencement of schools in coming month.The most hardly hit in this sector are childrenbof poor people and those from poor villages where it has been too hard to access education means that can be readily available and availed to students and pupils from rich families and urban areas.The issue using TVs and radios to carry out teaching or revisions is more favourable to students in rich families and from urban areas.Even if it was the accessiblity of learning materials over the Internet,this again favours the students from rich families and those from towns due to the reasons you all know.There has been a feeling that even the enforcement of covid19 directives was more harsh in these upcountry areas than in towns,and as a result parents and students were and a

 MTN, Vodacom, Airtel and Orange are the africa's telecommunications giants behind the newly launched digital health platform designed to reach more than 600 million mobile phone subscribers across this continent. The   aims of this platform is to mitigate the health and economic impact of COVID-19 and it is fully suppprted by  United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is behind the Africa Communication and Information Platform (ACIP) for Health and Economic Action which describes the platform, which was launched on 23 June 2020, as two-way communication between citizens and health authorities, adding that it has the potential to reach 80% of Africa’s  mobile phone subscribers. You can read a full dossier here

Thursday, June 25, 2020 as part of a mission to assess the role of Monusco in the protection of civilians, Zorabo Lemy Jonas, chief of chiefdom of Baboa-Bokoe located about ten kilometers northwest of Bunia has pleaded for the installation of a military base in the locality of Mwanga several times targeted by the attacks of the militiamen of CODECO. "We need a Monusco base in Mwanga, Solowa and Tseli where there are often attacks by CODECO attackers", he said. The customary authority has also invited the peacekeepers to step up their patrols and also fund some development projects in this area. For his part Atiminedi Utundeni, in charge of gender, family and children in this chiefdom has prohibited the local population from carrying out defamation campaigns against the UN soldiers who are often wrongly accused of supporting the enemies of peace by providing them weapons and ammunition. Last month, several voices were raised in Ituri demanding the departure

12 soldiers from the naval force based in Kasenyi, each receive 10 years of sentence. Sentence pronounced by the military court garrison of Ituri, this Thursday, June 25, 2020, sitting in a fairground. Among the 12 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), 3 were sentenced pay penalty. All will have to pay 150,000 Congolese legal fees to the public treasury. However, due to lack of evidence, a master was acquitted by the same court. They are mainly prosecuted by the organ of the law for in particular, violation of instructions, rebellion and dissipation of munitions of war, affirms the military spokesman in Ituri, lieutenant Jules Ngongo. Note that this trial in matters of flagrancy was opened on Wednesday June 24 in Kasenyi, locality bordering Lake Albert, after these soldiers dissatisfied with the death of their leader in an ambush set by the CODECO militia, fired shots fire in the air. Situation which was the basis of a psychosis in this region.

It was during a press conference held this Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the government hotel that the Minister of Public Health declared the end of the Ebola epidemic in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more particularly in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. The minister said that the victory over this long epidemic also comes from the result of international cooperation through its partners. The 10th epidemic had resurfaced in April in Beni, the last healing dates back 57 days. For the moment, the Ebola epidemic still remains in the western part of the DRC, more precisely in the province of Equateur where the medical profession is working hard to eradicate this epidemic, said the Minister of health Eteni Longondo.

Since last evening we had got rumours of this attack but had not yet got proof!! Here is the full report; The peacekeepers of the Bangladeshi Monusco contingent based in Bayoo in Djugu territory came under fire from CODECO militiamen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in the afternoon. It was then that they led a patrol in the locality of Gali where 35 of these attackers attacked loyalist FARDC soldiers and the Congolese police. The UN soldiers who decided to open fire managed to dislodge these rebels from their position by firing multiple shots from their armored vehicles. A Mission attack helicopter even went into action to dissuade attackers from attacking civilian populations, which has resulted in no reports of loss of life, a source narrated. Calm has returned to the area which remains under the control of the Congolese army supported by MONUSCO forces. The peacekeepers are engaged alongside the Congolese soldiers in the sweeping operations against the CODECO militiamen who have

The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing. The number of cases is steadily growing worldwide, and it’s too early to talk about a drastic change. Virologists have no doubt that the virus outbreak is likely to recur in the future. What lessons have scientists learned from this situation? What questions do they have yet to answer? This was discussed during an online meeting organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Scientific Russia portal. COVID-19 has posed serious public health challenges related to shortages of hospital beds and staff, as well as the need to treat an unknown disease: there were no regulations, no clinical recommendations, or evidence base. All these challenges required flexible solutions and new scientific research , which had never been carried out so quickly before. “We see how our ideas regarding antiviral therapy, mechanical ventilation, glucocorticoids and anticoagulants have

Airtel Uganda has revised the rates for sending money from Airtel to Airtel effective 25th June 2020. Dial *185# to send, receive, withdraw and make payments using Airtel Money.

In a statement released by the ministry of fishing and marine resource of the federal government of Somalia has accused the Iranian ships of illegal fishing in Somalia’s boundary. Since the recent Somali government rule by Siyad Bare’s regime collapse in 1991, the illegal ships have been operating in the Somalia sea which has affected the economic growth of Somalia.

The Somali National Army seized four villages from Al-Shabab in Lower Jubba after long hours of battle with the Al-Shabab militant group. The somali national army killed six Al-Shabab fighters in the operations launched in Hawaljiri, Bernasey, yaq-Bishaar and Osbo villages and later sized all the villages. This operation comes during the newly appointed Brigadier General Abbas Amin Ali took charge at the Land Force in the region. The former Land Forces Brigadier General Abdihahid Mohamed Dirir has been replaced to the Navy forces last week to lead on the operation of fighting the militant.

I do not know if every or any organisation in eastafrica takes it as a priority to monitor the security of their exchange servers.we have many firms that should be extra careful with the security of their servers,i mean banks,hospitals,army institutions,..etc but what is annoying is that even these institutions have not time or careless in studying and analysing threats or vulnerablities.Every organisation must strive to Secure its Exchange servers as it is one of the most important things defenders can do to limit organizational exposure to attacks. Any threat or vulnerability impacting Exchange servers should be treated with the highest priority because these servers contain critical business data, as well as highly privileged accounts that attackers attempt to compromise to gain admin rights to the server and, consequently, complete control of the network. Weak security of compromised Exchange servers provide a unique environment that could allow attackers to exexute various tasks

The governor of the city of Kinshasa, Gentiny Ngobila Happy, tried to calm the protesters this Wednesday, June 2020, 24 around the People's Palace in Kinshasa. The latter, despite the intervention of the city's first citizen, continued their protest movement against the bills introduced by national MPs Aubin Minaku and Garry Sakata on justice reform. Protesters simply demand the rejection by the office of the lower house of Parliament of these bills, which they call unconstitutional.