Germany has entered a new and unsettling chapter in its understanding of national security. For years, the country watched from a distance as hybrid warfare unfolded elsewhere — a cyberattack here, a disinformation campaign there, a suspicious act of sabotage that could never quite be proven. But now, the threat is no longer abstract, and it is no longer something that happens to other countries. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his cabinet have begun to speak openly about what intelligence agencies and security officials have been quietly warning about for months: Russia is waging a deliberate, sustained and increasingly brazen campaign…

Paragraph 1: A Defining Moment for Gambian Democracy There are moments in the life of a nation when the choices made by its people carry extraordinary weight, and the approaching 2026 presidential election in The Gambia is precisely such a moment. As the country prepares to go to the polls, the need for accurate, trustworthy information has never been more urgent. Yet in this digital age, the very tools that connect us can also be used to divide us, manipulate us, and blur the line between truth and falsehood. It is in this context that DUBAWA, the flagship fact-checking initiative…