Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Nearly 200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea on Friday

One of the survivors told Doctors Without Borders they had spent four days stranded at sea after the boat they were on suffered engine failure.

Fishermen in Gaza decry tougher Israeli policies blocking their activities

Fishermen in war-torn Gaza are risking their lives by entering the Mediterranean as Israel's arbitrary and stifling policies have plunged them into a net of misery.

North America owes its wealth to brutality of slavery: Canadian expert

The residual influence of slavery remains in North America today, said a Canadian racism expert on the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, which fell on Friday.

Global girl group KATSEYE born out of K-Pop artist development techniques

Comprising of six talented members from across the world, their journey began with fierce competition. Their remarkable rise to fame and sisterhood can be seen in the Netflix docuseries "Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE."

Spain commits €50 million to address migrant crisis in Canary Islands

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez travelled to the Canary Islands on Friday to meet with regional President Fernando Clavijo as the archipelago continues to face a high number of migrant arrivals and struggles to care for thousands of unaccompanied ...

Ons Jabeur withdraws from the US Open because of a shoulder injury

Jabeur has struggled with injuries recently, pulling out of the hard-court tournament in Washington before losing to Naomi Osaka in her lone match in Montreal. She wrote in an Instagram post Thursday that her shoulder had not recovered in time to allow...

Egypt experiences a surge in the number of refugees fleeing conflict

Over 748,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with UNHCR Egypt, a majority of whom are women and children who have recently arrived in Egypt fleeing the brutal conflict that started in Sudan in April 2023.

New wave of cholera in Sudan threatens hundreds of thousands of refugees

Sudan has been hit by a deadly cholera outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in recent weeks, health authorities said. As of the start of this week, nearly two dozen people had died from the disease.

Donald Trump, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Albert Einstein draw tourists to Bulgarian village

Each summer for the past decade, artists have gathered in the sleepy village of Staro Zhelezare, to decorate walls and fences with graffiti with the faces of current and past world leaders from the political and cultural scene.

Senegal: Health measures against mpox in place for Touba’s Magal pilgrimage

Given the recent increase in mpox cases in Africa, the focus is on rapid detection. Dr. Mamadou Dieng, the regional health director of Diourbel, outlined the measures in place, including the training of surveillance teams and the deployment of testing ...