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Dominic Fritz claimed that, in 2025, the Mangalia Shipyard was heading towards bankruptcy, and the PSD wanted to sell it for 10 million euros. According to him, USR ministers Radu Miruță and Irineu Darău found a solution through SAFE and new orders, and the shipyard was subsequently auctioned for 138 million euros, with jobs saved. Fritz attributed the criticisms from Sorin Grindeanu and the PSD to desperation, after Grindeanu allegedly said on television that he would accept any government without USR, and the PSD supposedly asked him to leave the leadership of the party. He said he expected accusations that USR “sold out to foreigners,” but he argued that saving the Romanian shipyard, through investments and orders for the Romanian Army, could not be called treason. #USR #Romania #ȘantierNaval (translated)

Dominic Fritz, the leader of USR, announced that USR ministers managed to save the Mangalia Shipyard from bankruptcy by selling it to the German company Rheinmetall for 138 million euros, thus contradicting the claims of the PSD that this success would have been impossible. #Politic #USR #ȘantierNavalMangalia (translated)

The Damen shipyard in Mangalia has been sold for 138,034,320.47 euros, excluding VAT, with the winner of the auction being Rheinmetall Real Estate Romania SRL, according to the announcement made by CITR, the judicial liquidator. #TranzacțieRecord #Mangalia #ȘantierNaval (translated)

The Damen Mangalia shipyard was sold for 138 million euros after two years of insolvency and conflicts among shareholders, and the new owner, the German group Rheinmetall, intends to turn the shipyard into a center for the construction of military and civilian vessels. #DamenMangalia #IndustrieNavala #VanzareActive (translated)

The Portuguese Red Cross launched the Vale+ campaign, which aims to provide meals to needy families, already distributing 138,533 meals this year, and which will run until Monday in Pingo Doce stores and until Thursday in Lidl supermarkets. #Solidariedade #CruzVermelha #Alimentação (translated)

The Liberal Party (PL 22) stated that Nicoletti had been elected senator for Roraima, with 138,269 votes (22.68%). The party said that the result demonstrated the voters' confidence in a combative, active, and dedicated representation for the growth of the state, and congratulated the politician on the victory. #Nicoletti #Roraima #Senado #PL22 #VitoriaDoPovo #Representatividade #Roraima #Senado #Representatividade (translated)

Nigeria – how pro-Russian influence networks sell military rule as the answer When Nigerians took to the streets in August 2024 to protest soaring living costs and frustration with government, some demonstrations acquired an unexpected symbol: the Russian flag. In Kano, Kaduna and other northern cities, protesters were filmed carrying Russian colours and calling for Moscow’s intervention. Some demanded a military takeover. What initially looked like an unusual expression of anger has since become part of a much larger picture. A September 2026 assessment by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies describes Nigeria as a major target of overlapping foreign information operations, with Russia the most active external actor in its information space. The report does not identify a single centrally controlled campaign. Instead, it maps an ecosystem in which genuine dissatisfaction over insecurity, corruption and living standards is repeatedly redirected towards a broader proposition: democratic government has failed, while the military-led regimes of the Sahel offer a more effective alternative. Turning a real protest into a pro-Russian message The clearest example emerged during the 2024 #EndBadGovernance protests. Nigerian investigative reporting found that a Kano-based TikTok influencer with more than 100,000 followers had been paid through a Telegram channel associated with African Initiative, a Moscow-based media operation linked by researchers to Russian influence activity in Africa. The influencer said the channel supplied photographs, videos and talking points for redistribution on TikTok and Instagram. Among the messages provided were phrases such as “Putin please come and save Nigeria” and “The army is the answer for Nigeria”. Influencers were encouraged to use Hausa-language hashtags including #Zangazanga – “protest” – alongside references to Putin and Russia. Investigators identified 38 accounts circulating similar pro-Russian and pro-military narratives during the demonstrations. Russian flags subsequently appeared among protesters in several northern cities. This does not mean the protests themselves were created by Russia. They were driven by genuine economic and political grievances, and Nigerian protesters gave different reasons for carrying Russian flags. The important feature of the influence activity was precisely that it did not need to manufacture the original anger. It could attach a geopolitical message to an existing domestic crisis. From frustration to the idea of military government The narrative fits a wider pattern seen across West Africa. Russia has developed close relations with the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, while pro-Russian media ecosystems routinely portray those states as examples of sovereignty, stability and resistance to Western influence. Nigeria, by contrast, has remained under constitutional civilian government since 1999. Africa Center researchers say information networks targeting Nigerians increasingly contrast these two models. Recurring messages depict elections as wasteful or predetermined, civilian institutions as incapable of protecting citizens and military governments as more decisive on security and development. Some content portrays the Sahelian juntas as delivering better roads, lower prices and stronger security even where available evidence points to continuing or worsening instability. Language is central to the strategy. Hausa is spoken across northern Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, allowing political narratives to travel across borders that are far less important online than they are on maps. HumAngle documented efforts involving Nigerien state-linked actors to cultivate Hausa-speaking journalists and distribute material favourable to Niger’s junta and hostile to France and Western influence. The Russian and Sahelian-junta information ecosystems are not identical, but their narratives frequently reinforce one another. Fake journalists inside real Nigerian media The campaign environment extends beyond social media. A 2026 investigation by Graphika and Code for Africa identified 44 ghost reporters and fake experts whose identities were used to place Russia-aligned narratives in African media. Thirty-eight were assessed with high confidence to be fabricated. Their articles or quotations appeared across 138 websites and were amplified by at least 113 Facebook accounts and Pages. Nigeria was one of the most heavily targeted countries. According to the Africa Center’s analysis of the research, Daily Post Nigeria carried 39 articles involving 14 identified ghost authors. Once published by a genuine Nigerian outlet, such material could then be cited by other websites, social-media accounts or even Russian official channels as though it had originated independently in Africa. This is information laundering rather than simple propaganda: the most valuable asset being borrowed is the credibility of the local newsroom. Generative AI added another layer. OpenAI and Meta separately disrupted a Russia-origin network that produced Africa-focused political content and operated Facebook Pages posing as local media organisations. One fabricated commentator, “Dr Manuel Godsin”, was presented as a European-trained geopolitical expert although investigators found no evidence supporting his academic biography. ChatGPT had been used to generate articles under the persona’s name, while Meta removed 37 Facebook accounts and 29 Pages connected to the broader network. Different networks, similar strategic direction It would be misleading to merge all these activities into a single Russian command structure. The African Initiative-linked influencer campaign, the ghost-reporter network and the AI-enabled operation disrupted by OpenAI and Meta were uncovered separately and used different infrastructure. Public evidence does not demonstrate that every actor reported to the same organisation. What connects them is a recurring set of themes and methods: portraying Western partnerships as exploitative, presenting Russia as an alternative security partner, amplifying failures of civilian government, and giving military-led rule greater legitimacy. Investigative reporting on leaked Russian documents has meanwhile described a much wider influence apparatus operating across Africa, involving political consultants, paid journalists, influencers and locally tailored campaigns intended to reduce Western influence and expand Moscow’s position. The underlying technique is less about inventing dissatisfaction than redirecting it. Nigeria faces real security threats, economic pressure and public frustration. Influence operators do not need to persuade Nigerians that those problems exist. They need only influence the explanation for why they exist – and which political model appears to offer the answer. That is what makes the Nigerian case significant. The most effective propaganda does not necessarily introduce a completely false reality. It takes a real crisis and changes where the audience is encouraged to look for the solution. Sources Africa Center for Strategic Studies — The Raging Information Battle in Nigeria https://africacenter.org/spotlight/the-raging-information-battle-in-nigeria/ Graphika — Umbrae Ex Machina https://www.graphika.com/reports/umbrae-ex-machina OpenAI — Operation “No Bell” https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-no-bell/ TheCable — Ghost reporters in African media https://www.thecable.ng/ghost-reporters-how-fabricated-african-voices-carried-pro-russia-narratives/ HumAngle — Nigeria Is Facing an Information War in Its Own Language https://www.humanglemedia.com/nigeria-is-facing-an-information-war-in-its-own-language DAIDAC / CJID — Russian influence during #EndBadGovernance https://daidac.thecjid.org/how-telegram-tiktok-aided-russian-disinformation-that-led-to-incarceration-of-nigerian-minors/ FactCheckHub — How Nigeria’s hunger protest took a radical turn https://factcheckhub.com/from-economic-protests-to-coup-agitation-how-nigerias-hunger-march-took-a-radical-turn/ News24 — Fake Kremlin-linked analyst planted stories in African media https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/ai-expert-exposed-fake-kremlin-linked-analyst-planted-stories-in-african-media-20260318-0560 Vanguard — AI ‘expert’ exposed https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/03/ai-expert-exposed-fake-kremlin-linked-analyst-planted-stories-in-african-media/ Africa Confidential — How Moscow wages social media war https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/15961/how-moscow-wages-social-media-war Keywords #DISINFORMED #Episode15 #Nigeria #Russia #RussianInfluence #RussianDisinformation #Africa #WestAfrica #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #ForeignInterference #FIMI #Propaganda #MilitaryRule #MilitaryGovernment #Democracy #PoliticalManipulation #NarrativeManipulation #AfricanInitiative #EndBadGovernance #Hausa #LocalInfluencers #GhostReporters #FakeExperts #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIPersonas #SyntheticMedia #AIPropaganda #Astroturfing #SocialMediaManipulation #Telegram #TikTok #DigitalInfluence #SourceLaundering #NarrativeLaundering #MediaManipulation #Sahel #Geopolitics #OSINT #WRLD

Hayy wrote that an investigation indicated that a network of sponsored sites and pages had promoted hundreds of ads against Flávio Bolsonaro. According to the author, the company responsible had already used the same Google account in campaigns of agencies linked to the government of Nicolás Maduro. He stated that the PT took the case to Flávio Dino's office at the STF as a possible foreign interference. The investigation reportedly recorded 138 ads against Lula and identified more than 600 attacks on Flávio Bolsonaro. Hayy also said that the company was registered in Delaware, in the United States, and that there were traces leading to the Dominican Republic, but that its responsible party was still unknown. Among the ads, according to him, there were videos from the Lula–Alckmin coalition boosted again with attacks on Flávio, including the expression "the worst of the Bolsonaros." https://t.co/seXvnhSbXs #Investigação #Política #FlávioBolsonaro (translated)

David Ágape stated that an investigation identified a network of websites and sponsored pages with ads against Flávio Bolsonaro. According to him, the company responsible had also advertised, on the same Google account, campaigns for government agencies of Maduro. Ágape wrote that the PT brought the network to Flávio Dino's office at the STF, as a possible case of foreign interference, and recorded 138 ads against Lula. The investigation reportedly identified over 600 attacks against Flávio Bolsonaro. According to the author, the company was registered in Delaware, United States, and there were traces leading to the Dominican Republic, but the person responsible for the initiative remained unknown. He added that the ads once again boosted videos from the Lula–Alckmin coalition that called Flávio “the worst of the Bolsonaros.” https://t.co/BAPcGa6q2g #FlávioBolsonaro #interferênciaestrangeira #fakeNews (translated)

🚨Relayage à domicile : connu par 3 aidants sur 10, utilisé par 3 sur 100 📒 Un aidant à la vie quotidienne sur trois exprime un besoin de répit, non satisfait pour la moitié d’entre eux ✍️ Benjamin Marteau — Direction de la recherche, des études, de l’évaluation et des statistiques (Drees), collection Études et Résultats, n° 1387. septembre 2026. Capsules Audio de Pratiques en Santé 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdQfBWItKQ 🔍💡 Répit des aidants : 36 % en expriment le besoin, et près de la moitié d’entre eux n’en obtiennent pas assez, selon la Drees. 🧭 Le répit repose surtout sur l’entourage et les moments où le proche peut rester seul ; relayage et accueil temporaire restent marginaux. Un appui pour repenser l’information et le repérage sur le terrain. Analyse de Pratiques en Santé et lien vers la source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/un-aidant-a-la-vie-quotidienne-sur-trois-exprime-un-besoin-de-repit-non-satisfait-pour-la-moitie-d-entre-eux-6226 📌 Ce document met des chiffres récents sur un constat souvent posé à l’intuition : le répit manque surtout à ceux qui aident le plus (soins personnels, mobilité, 5 h par jour et plus), aux femmes et aux parents d’enfants en situation de handicap. Il montre aussi que les dispositifs formels (relayage, accueil temporaire) restent très peu utilisés, y compris quand ils sont connus. Il peut servir à argumenter un projet d’action auprès d’un financeur, à cibler le repérage des aidants les plus exposés, et à revoir la manière dont l’offre de répit est présentée aux familles. 🇬🇧: One in three daily caregivers expresses a need for respite, unmet for half of them - https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/un-aidant-a-la-vie-quotidienne-sur-trois-exprime-un-besoin-de-repit-non-satisfait-pour-la-moitie-d-entre-eux-6226 #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #ProchesAidants #RépitDesAidants #Prévention #PerteDAutonomie #Handicap #NonRecours #SantéPublique

The author wrote that, in the four weeks after the Skripal poisoning, Russian state-controlled RT and Sputnik had promoted 138 separate, often contradictory narratives across 735 articles. They described this as the scale of Russia’s disinformation machinery in 2018 and said its current scale could only be imagined. #Desinformación #FakeNews #MediosDeComunicación #RU

The collection for 10 ground drones for the Ukrainian defenders is in the final stretch! We only need to raise 138,112 crowns.😉 The target amount was 8 million. If we put it all together today, this collection will have lasted exactly three months! Thank you all. https://t.co/mNwhuHkXYI #Ukrajina #Drony #Podpora (translated)

On me dit souvent que le cycle IA est sur-estimé Mais Wall-Street a très très souvent eu tort sur les précédents cycles technologiques Quatre exemples où la taille du marché a dépassé les prévisions initiales : 1. PC --- 225 millions d’utilisateurs attendus en 2000, contre 354 millions constatés, 57 % au-dessus des prévisions 2. Internet --- 152 millions d’utilisateurs attendus en 2000, contre 361 millions constatés. +138 %. Le marché final représentait plus du double de ce qui était anticipé 3. Mobile --- 657 millions de smartphones livrés attendus en 2013, contre 1,019 milliard constaté, +55 % au-dessus des prévisions. 4. Cloud --- 90,2 milliards de dollars de revenus attendus pour les trois premiers fournisseurs en 2020, contre 115,6 milliards constatés. +28 %. Dans ces quatre exemples, les réalisations dépassent les prévisions initiales d’environ 70 % en moyenne Nous pouvons encore sous-estimer la taille du marché final Si les coûts baissent, que les usages se multiplient et que l’adoption s’élargit, la demande peut dépasser ce que les modèles actuels projètent, ils sont d'ailleurs complètement traumatisé par la bulle dotcom #IA #Technologie #Marché

Eine Studie zeigt, dass 147 Abgeordnete, darunter 138 Frauen, auf Deepfake-Webseiten für sexualisierte Inhalte identifiziert wurden, was die Dringlichkeit eines Verbots solcher KI-Anwendungen ab dem 2. Dezember und erforderlicher Schutzmaßnahmen gegen digitale Gewalt unterstreicht. #Deepfakes #digitaleGewalt #Frauenrechte

Crime organizado se combate chegando ao andar de cima, onde estão quem financia e quem lucra. Vamos asfixiar economicamente o crime e retomar os territórios com polícia, educação, cultura, formação profissional e oportunidades. Com a aprovação da PEC da Segurança, que só depende do voto no Senado, o Governo Federal terá mais instrumentos para atuar em parceria com estados e municípios. A PEC vai redefinir o papel da Polícia Federal e da Polícia Rodoviária Federal, com mais inteligência e mais gente. Nós mapeamos, nessa luta contra o crime organizado, os presídios de onde a facções comandam a bandidagem. Vamos transformar esses 138 presídios estaduais em unidades de segurança máxima. Financiar a modernização desses presídios. Segurança é presença do Estado e proteção para o povo brasileiro. #SegurançaPública #CombateAoCrime #PolíticaEficiente