Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Tanzania eyes East Africa’s pharmaceutical hub crown {Business Africa}

Tanzania is betting on local drug manufacturing to reduce imports and become East Africa’s pharmaceutical hub and we find out how Africa's private sector is fixing the supply chain to minimise the billions lost in post-harvest logistics.

At least 11 dead in South Africa in latest crash involving a minibus taxi

Some eight others sustained serious injuries and are receiving urgent medical care at nearby hospitals.

Women and girls in Haiti facing ‘explosion’ of sexual violence, says MSF

Gang violence and political instability in Haiti have displaced close to one and a half million people. It’s also led to an explosion of sexual violence, as living conditions and public services deteriorate.

Ghana: Mixed reactions after government grants passport to IShowSpeed

Ghana’s issuing of a passport to American streamer Darren Watkins Jr, popularly known as IShowSpeed, has prompted mixed reactions among Ghanaians. Scores have taken to social media to voice their opinions.

Youngest son of DR Congo’s independence hero passes away in Kinshasa

Roland-Gilbert Okito Lumumba's father Patrice was the country's first post-independence prime minister.

TotalEnergies relaunches $20 billion Mozambique gas project 5 years after jihadist attack

French energy giant TotalEnergies officially relaunched Thursday a massive gas project in northern Mozambique after a five-year pause imposed following a jihadist attack that claimed hundreds of lives.

‘Patience pays off’: Doechii reflects on breakthrough Grammy win

With the Grammy Awards just days away, one of 2025's big winners - rapper Doechii - has been looking back at her big night last February.

Uganda says it plans to cut external budget support by 84 per cent

The announcement comes as the country is poised to start pumping crude oil which the IMF says could accelerate economic growth.

Minneapolis mourns nurse Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal immigration officers

Holding candles and flowers, hundreds of people in Minneapolis came out to grieve Alex Pretti on Wednesday at the spot where he died. The intensive care nurse fatally shot by federal agents last weekend.

ECOWAS lifts all sanctions against Guinea

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday removed all outstanding sanctions imposed against Guinea following the 2021 coup, after last month's election of former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya.