🚨 INTERPOL report finds AI linked to more than half of cybercrime in Africa
Cyberattacks are becoming faster, more scalable, and increasingly difficult for victims and platforms to detect, according to INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026.
The report points to a major shift: cybercrime has evolved into an industrialized, borderless ecosystem.
Key findings include:
🔵 55% of cybercrimes reported in Africa are AI-enabled.
🔵 Online scams are the most frequently reported form of cybercrime.
🔵 Financial services, telecoms, and government institutions are the hardest hit.
🔵 Cybercrime-related financial losses have more than doubled since 2024, rising to USD 484 million.
🔵 72% of surveyed countries reported scam centres, with the highest concentration in Southern and West Africa.
🔵 Criminals are bypassing biometric checks by creating AI-generated synthetic identities that combine real personal data with fabricated elements.
🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/NhTJ5vWSQX
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BREAKING: A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant left multiple people dead and others injured.
The shooter was among the dead as police work to determine their identity and motive.
The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating.
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. John Armiger yakiriye itsinda rigizwe n’abayobozi bakizamuka baturutse muri za kaminuza zikomeye zo muri Amerika no hirya no hino ku isi. Baganiriye ku ruhare rwa dipolomasi na porogaramu zo guhanahana ubumenyi mu kubaka ubufatanye mpuzamahanga.
Thankful to see our North Dakota Congresswoman @RepFedorchak in Rwanda visiting President Kagame - Kagame, US Congressional delegation discuss energy, health cooperation https://t.co/0pp5R01u8C
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We look forward to seeing something fixed as quick as We can!
Reset and Come back again.
Thanks
Chairman Brett Guthrie hamwe n’intumwa z’Abadepite ba Amerika bahuye n’abayobozi ba Guverinoma y’u Rwanda i Kigali baganira ku nzego zifitiye inyungu ibihugu byombi, n’umubano umaze igihe kirekire hagati ya Amerika n’u Rwanda.