Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Ivory Coast cocoa producers suffer amid global price fall

Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast are counting on losses from the reduced global prices.

Ghana, European Union agree defence pact

The agreement, signed in Accra by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, is aimed at strengthening cooperation in areas including counterterrorism, intelligence sharing and crisis response

Kenya fuel retailers running short of supplies amid Middle East war

Hundreds of fuel retailers are running short of supplies due to the current war in the Middle East, according to the head of the Petroleum Outlets Association of Kenya.

Iran parliament speaker: ‘No negotiations with the US’

Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, denied on Monday that Iran was negotiating with the US to end the war.

US university cancels Mahama honour over LGBTQ bill concerns

Ghana’s embassy in the United States has criticised Lincoln University's last-minute decision to cancel plans to confer an honorary doctorate on former President John Dramani Mahama.

Senegal fishermen bear the cost of industrial and illegal fishing

In the port town of Rufisque, fishermen who have worked in these waters for decades say industrial and illegal fleets have stripped the sea bare. With no catch and no income, young men are now making a desperate choice: to leave.

DR Congo plans to conduct second national census after 40 years

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to hold the second general census in its history, more than 40 years after the previous one, conducted in 1984.

IMF plans Mozambique visit as debt pressures deepen

Mozambique is set to host an International Monetary Fund mission in the coming months, as authorities seek support to manage growing financial pressures.

Bill Cosby ordered to pay $19.25m to woman in decades-old assault case

A California court has awarded $19.25m in damages to a woman who accused actor Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her somewhere in the early 1970s.