On the gray morning of October 29, Dnipro woke up to another terrifying day in a country that has known far too many of them. A Russian drone, launched as part of the Kremlin’s relentless campaign of terror, struck a railway station in the city where ordinary people had gathered. Fourteen civilians were killed. In the seconds after the explosion, a platform that had just been full of waiting passengers became a scene of blood, broken glass, and smoke. The victims were not soldiers and were not military targets. They were people going about the small, everyday actions of life…

As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, a quiet but urgent warning has emerged from the country’s crisis communication community: the same digital tools that connect people, spread ideas, and enable instant news sharing are now being weaponized in ways that could threaten national security. The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has raised the alarm over the growing menace of AI-generated fake news, deepfakes, and coordinated disinformation campaigns, describing these as serious threats capable of undermining public trust and destabilizing the country. This is not a far-off hypothetical. The CCC’s warning is grounded in the reality that false…