Monitoring Defense & Security from July 20th to 27th 2020
Media Monitoring Defense and security from July 20th to 27th 2020-CC
Egypt to withdraw from latest Nile dam talks for consultations
Egypt fears the $4bn project could lead to water shortages upstream, while Sudan is concerned about dam’s safety. Egypt has decided to withdraw from the latest round of tripartite negotiations over Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar dam on the Blue Nile for internal consultations after Addis Ababa proposed a new draft of filling guidelines. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Garmin reportedly paid multimillion-dollar ransom after suffering cyberattack
Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. The payment was reportedly made through a ransomware negotiation company called Arete IR, in order for Garmin to recover data held hostage as a result of the attack. BleepingComputer reported last week that Garmin…
Coronavirus infects 24,000 S.African health workers
Some 24,000 health workers in South Africa have contracted the coronavirus, 181 of whom have died, since the pandemic hit the country in March, the health minister announced on Wednesday. South Africa is the hardest-hit country in Africa with at least 521,318 infections diagnosed so far, accounting for more than half the continent’s cases. Health…