Rising Digital Threats and the AUEU SummitCEFR A1
10 Dec 2025
Adapted from Cecilia Maundu, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Storyzangu Hub, Unsplash
- Digital threats now affect people across Africa and Europe.
- Investigative journalists face spyware, monitoring and online attacks.
- These attacks can reveal private and sensitive information.
- Cyber-attacks hit health systems and hospitals in some places.
- Telecommunications networks and public administration face many risks.
- Many countries do not have enough trained cybersecurity experts.
- Leaders met at a summit in Luanda, Angola.
- They want safer internet spaces for women and girls.
- Recovery after attacks is often slow and costly.
Difficult words
- investigative — related to work that finds facts
- spyware — software that secretly collects information from devices
- sensitive — private and needing careful protection
- telecommunication — systems for phone and internet connectionsTelecommunications
- recovery — return to normal after a problem or attack
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Discussion questions
- Do you use the internet every day?
- Are you worried about your private information online?
- Is the internet safe for women and girls in your country?
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