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Say no: "Europe is building a system where every click, every transaction, every website visit. Is tied to your passport. This is not consumer protection. This is digital authoritarianism." 🚫 #DigitalAuthoritarianism #PrivacyRights #SurveillanceState #EU

AFRICA DAILY REPORT — 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 Major developments reported during the previous 24 hours 1. SOUTH SUDAN — Kiir dissolves transitional government ahead of December election Importance: 10/10 — Critical President Salva Kiir dissolved South Sudan’s transitional government after signing amendments that remove requirements to complete a permanent constitution and census before the long-delayed national election. The opposition has challenged the changes, while the move fundamentally reshapes the political framework ahead of what is intended to be the country’s first national election since independence. Source: Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-sudans-president-signs-election-law-changes-ahead-december-vote-2026-09-22/ Additional source: Africanews — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/22/south-sudan-president-dissolves-govt-as-controversy-engulfs-december-poll/ 2. SUDAN — US links Burhan’s UN visa to proposed ceasefire Importance: 9.5/10 — Very High The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of the UN General Assembly, according to Reuters sources, in connection with a US-backed proposal for a 90-day ceasefire that Khartoum has resisted. Sudan has asked the UN to intervene, and its foreign minister is expected to address the General Assembly instead if the dispute is not resolved. Source: Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-withholding-sudanese-leaders-visa-over-ceasefire-plan-sources-say-2026-09-22/ 3. SUDAN — Currency collapse deepens civilian economic crisis Importance: 9/10 — Very High Sudan’s pound has lost nearly half its value in army-controlled territory since May, trading at around 7,500 pounds to the dollar on the black market versus about 4,100 in May. Reuters links the collapse to the economic fragmentation created by the war, reduced state revenues and wartime spending. The depreciation is driving up the cost of basic goods and worsening hardship for civilians and returning refugees. Source: Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/currency-collapse-heaps-more-pain-civilians-divided-sudan-2026-09-22/ 4. DR CONGO — Government orders investigation into violence at anti-government protest Importance: 8.5/10 — Very High DR Congo’s justice minister ordered a judicial investigation into violence during the September 15 opposition protest in Kinshasa, including reports of injuries, arrests, property destruction and a death. The demonstration opposed a proposed constitutional change that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi to seek another term. Police used tear gas, while clashes were also reported between opposition demonstrators and pro-government groups. Source: Africanews — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/22/dr-congo-to-probe-violence-death-of-protestor-at-anti-govt-rally/ 5. RWANDA / BELGIUM — Diplomatic relations restored after 18-month rupture Importance: 8/10 — High Belgium and Rwanda have resumed diplomatic relations 18 months after breaking ties amid their dispute over the conflict in eastern DR Congo. The restoration is diplomatically significant because Belgium has been a prominent European actor in the Great Lakes region and relations deteriorated sharply over allegations concerning Rwanda’s role in the Congolese conflict. Source: Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/belgium-rwanda-resume-diplomatic-relations-after-drc-conflict-dispute-2026-09-22/ 6. LIBYA — Armed group shuts pipeline valve, reducing Sharara oil production Importance: 8/10 — High An unidentified armed group closed a valve on the pipeline connecting Libya’s major Al-Sharara oil field with Zawiya, reducing production. The National Oil Corporation warned that a prolonged shutdown could force it to declare force majeure and could also affect the Zawiya refinery. The disruption again demonstrates the vulnerability of Libya’s oil-dependent economy to armed-group pressure and political fragmentation. Source: Africanews — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/22/libya-oil-production-hit-after-armed-group-shuts-pipeline-valve/ 7. MOROCCO — Parliamentary election puts youth participation and social pressures in focus Importance: 7.5/10 — High Nearly 16 million registered voters are eligible to elect Morocco’s 395-member House of Representatives today. Youth disengagement is a major issue: Africanews/AFP reports that only around 4% of registered voters are aged 18–24. Employment, housing, public services and the legacy of the Gen Z-led protests are central themes surrounding the vote. Source: Africanews — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/23/i-expect-nothing-morocco-elections-test-young-peoples-faith-in-politics/ 8. TUNISIA — 2026 confirmed as hottest summer on record Importance: 7.5/10 — High Tunisia’s National Meteorological Institute says summer 2026 was the country’s hottest since records began in 1950. Average temperatures were about 2.9°C above the previous record, with prolonged heatwaves, exceptionally warm nights, water shortages and electricity cuts. Kairouan reached 49.7°C in July. Source: AFP via FMT — https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/22/tunisia-says-2026-summer-hottest-on-record 9. GUINEA — Exiled opposition leader says authorities revoked his passport Importance: 7/10 — Significant Guinean opposition figure Cellou Dalein Diallo says his passport was revoked as he prepared to travel from Abidjan to New York for meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Diallo has lived in exile since 2022. His UFDG party was dissolved in March along with other opposition parties, adding the passport case to wider concerns about political restrictions under President Mamady Doumbouya. Source: Africanews — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/22/exiled-guinean-opposition-leader-says-his-passport-has-been-revoked/ 10. KENYA / AFRICA AT UNGA — Ruto presses for reform of global financial architecture Importance: 7/10 — Significant At the Partners for Multilateralism summit during UN General Assembly High-Level Week, Kenyan President William Ruto argued that international financial institutions should act more as catalysts for African capital rather than simply as lenders. The intervention forms part of a broader African push at UNGA for reforms to global financial governance and greater representation in multilateral institutions. Source: Africanews / AP — https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/22/ruto-pushes-for-global-finance-reforms-at-summit-for-multilateralism/ #Africa #AfricaNews #TopNewsOfAfrica #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #SouthSudanElections #PoliticalTransition #TransitionalGovernment #ElectoralReform #AfricanPolitics #Tunisia #NorthAfrica #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RecordHeat #ExtremeHeat #Heatwave #GlobalWarming #WaterScarcity #ClimateSecurity #Sudan #SudanConflict #AbdelFattahAlBurhan #UnitedStates #Ceasefire #PeaceNegotiations #Diplomacy #UnitedNations #UNGA2026 #AfricanSecurity #RegionalStability #Geopolitics #AfricaToday #wrldorg

The shoplifting and petty stealing at the train station, buses, supermarkets, streets ,public places are giving concern to most tourists who lost their handbags, mobile phones ,necklaces, travelling documents, money, passports, credit card, while on tour visit around Europe 🇪🇺. It is becoming more dangerous!

The shoplifting and petty stealing at the train station, buses, supermarkets, streets ,public places are giving concern to most tourists who lost their handbags, mobile phones ,necklaces, travelling documents, money, passports, credit card, while on tour visit around Europe 🇪🇺. It is becoming more dangerous!

It has come to my attention that passengers flying from Frankfurt to Kerry airport disembarked without any passport check at all. Revealed: The numbers arriving in Ireland without a passport. Jim'O'Callaghan, why is this still happening? https://t.co/9b00PS0R1G #AviationSafety #PassportControl #IrelandSecurity #DE #IE

A passport is supposed to make international travel easier, not leave travelers wondering whether its chip will actually be readable at the border. 🛂 #BiometricPassport #PublicServices #TechGlitch #TravelSecurity #BiometricPassport #TravelSecurity #TechGlitch #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.Therefore #theresponseis:

63% of all American driver licenses leaked in the latest KYC hack. KYC based on passport / ID card scan is dangerous: The crooks have your ID scans and can verify as you. Here is where we need regulators to work - a better, privacy preserving, ID system for Era Digitalis. #KYC #DataPrivacy #IDSecurity #US

Multiculturalism or Liberalism… You Can’t Have Both Canada’s Combating Hate Act received royal assent on June 18 and became law in July, defining hatred as an intense and extreme emotion and extending emotion’s reach into government and criminal law. Supporters cite a 169% rise in reported hate crimes from 2018 to 2024, but the increase reflects predictable outcomes when groups with deep historical, cultural, and religious conflicts are placed together in large numbers while assuming differences will fade. “Diversity is our strength” can’t replace shared culture: cooperation at scale requires shared values and norms. Import enough difference quickly while demanding universal tolerance, and social order begins to fracture, leaving strangers who share a passport but little else—so the state steps in to do what culture once did. Multiculturalism can drift toward authoritarianism: the state expands to manage conflicts, neutrality becomes impossible without common standards, and unequal treatment follows. Britain illustrates the danger, with thousands of arrests in 2023 under communications laws for alleged offensive messages and long sentences for single posts. Meanwhile, authorities have shown hesitation toward major crimes involving protected communities, often citing fears of racism and community harm—creating a double standard. Canada also has examples, such as the Gladue principles, which require sentencing judges to consider the circumstances of Indigenous offenders, letting group identity influence state treatment. The multicultural liberal state was sold as open, tolerant, and equal—but if groups won’t “melt,” or fundamentally oppose one another, the result is increasingly unequal laws, more surveillance, and less liberty. Multiculturalism and liberalism are incompatible: without shared cultural standards, a society will be governed from above through laws, courts, and coercion.

A nation is more than a territory, a government or a passport. It is a shared story, and culture is the language in which that story is told. So how should a country tax the very culture that defines it? What makes Estonia; Estonia? It is not simply the borders on a map or the institutions of the Republic. It is the Estonian language, the songs people know, the literature they read, the traditions they preserve, the architecture they recognise, the stories they tell their children and the artists who continue to reinterpret all of it for a new generation. Estonia is not the only country with high VAT There is an important misconception in the current debate. Estonia’s 24% VAT is high, but having a high standard VAT rate does not mean that a country has to apply that same rate to culture. The European Union leaves member states considerable freedom to establish reduced VAT rates. Under the current framework, countries can apply reduced rates as low as 5% to eligible categories. #culture #Estonia #Tax #CulturalTax https://tunitemusic.com/post/24-vat-on-culture-how-estonia-compares-with-europe/

Visa applications involve passports, photographs, fingerprints and other sensitive information. Before outsourcing this process, Luxembourg should be able to demonstrate exactly how that data is protected. 🔐 #DataPrivacy #GDPR #ForeignAffairs #VisaProcessing #DataPrivacy #VisaProcessing #GDPR #LU

You hand VFS Global your passport, photo and fingerprints. Apparently the next question is: "And who else would you like us to share those with?" 👀 #DataPrivacy #GDPR #ForeignAffairs #VisaProcessing #DataPrivacy #GDPR #VisaProcessing #Therearenospecificcountrymentionsinthetweetyouprovided.Thus #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Europe’s defense industry is no longer protected by geography or passports. When a quiet engineer in Bavaria must write his will and live underground, the war has already arrived inside our borders. This is the new normal Moscow is testing. How many more names before we treat #Defense #Europe #WarCrime #DE #RU

Not every election needs the same level of identity verification. With the new Votari, an election can be open to anyone with the link, restricted by email domain, require passport verification—or combine eligibility rules. The organiser decides what the election requires. One #Votari #ElectionAccess #IdentityVerification #Nocountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

Meloni imposed passport, nationality, visa checks for visitors from Spain, and refuses to lift them Sánchez retaliates imposing passport, nationality, visa checks for visitors from Italy, "amid the persistent irregular migratory pressure" Italy experiences https://t.co/GdrI42LydO #Meloni #Sánchez #VisaPolicy #IT #ES

Manuel Vilas v článku Passport, please kritizuje zavedení dočasných hraničních kontrol mezi Itálií a Španělskem, které považuje za nepřijatelné porušení svobody pohybu občanů EU, a poukazuje na slabost evropské solidarity a nekompetentnost španělské vlády v kontextu migrace a humanitární krize. #Schengen #GiorgiaMeloni #Europa

Spanish prime minister just came to personally git the EU passport to 50 000 new EU citizens. People are celebrating in the streets. Kick this shithole out of Shengen until morale improves. #Spain #EUCitizenship #ShengenExit #ES #EU