Why cybersafety matters in the African Union–European Union partnership

‘We are working with government ministries to make sure that our support reflects the scale of current threats’

Originally published on Global Voices

Visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to Angola. Image by European Union on the EU website (CC BY 4.0).

When an investigative journalist in Africa follows a corruption trail, the danger no longer ends with physical threats. Their devices become targets for spyware, silent monitoring, and online attacks that expose sensitive information.