Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Family-run London samosa business gears up for festive season

London-based business 'Big Mum's Samosas' is seeing a growing demand for its food, especially during occasions such as Christmas. Founded in 2020, the family-run company now serves customers across the UK and further afield.

Sudan’s war exacerbates famine crisis in displacement camps

Famine is spreading in Sudan as a result of a relentless war between the military and a paramilitary group that has wrecked the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis, international hunger experts said Tuesday.

UN publishes new death toll from gang massacre in Haiti

The U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti said in a report that more than 207 people were killed by the Wharf Jeremie gang. The gang took people from their homes and from a place of worship, interrogated them and then executed them with bullets and machetes....

South Sudan faces refugee surge and deadly cholera crisis, MSF warns

"The situation is completely overwhelming,"

Chadian opposition coalition calls for vote boycott, claims lack of democracy

Chadian opposition coalition calls for vote boycott, claims lack of democracy

Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024

In Southern Africa, where democracy remains relatively stable, elections held in 2024 saw long-governing liberation parties struggling to survive.

This is what enjoying Christmas dinner at an Arctic Circle restaurant looks like

Tourists flock to Santa Claus Village near Rovaniemi, enjoying snow, reindeer rides, and meeting Santa. At the Snowman World ice restaurant, visitors dine on local dishes in temperatures of -5°C, savoring rich, creamy meals like salmon soup and roasted...

Kenya faces surge in gender-based violence: over 7,000 cases in a year

The violence has sparked national outrage, with protests erupting two weeks ago in Nairobi, demanding justice and government action.

Kenya plans to use IVF in bid to prevent white rhinos from becoming extinct

Home to the only two remaining female white rhinos on the planet, Kenya is planning on using IVF to save the endangered species. The country's wildlife service is teaming up with BioRescue Consortium to increase population numbers.

‘Not for sale’: Denmark counters after Trump suggests buying Greenland

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland, the ice-covered semi-autonomous Danish territory