Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Kenya: Anti-tax protests marred by violence, president Ruto adresses nation

During the address of President William Ruto, he promised the Kenyan youth to provide a framework for a conversation to be processed and its outcomes implemented.
The leader has two weeks to sign the controversial finance bill into law.

ICC seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civil infrastructure

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court issued Tuesday (Jun. 25) arrest warrants for Russia’s former Defense Minister and the chief of the General Staff of the army. Like the US, Ukraine and Israel, Russia isn’t a member of the court a...

Rwanda: A campaign period of three weeks to convice voters

Rwanda marked the official commencement of presidential elections this past weekend.

“Exploitation continues in Africa, but through economic methods,” Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov made the comments on Tuesday (Jun. 25) in Minsk where he confirmed Belarus' accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Eurasian body seeks to promote good-neighborliness and economic advancement of member countries.

WATCH: Protesters rally for abortion rights in Los Angeles

Demonstrators supporting abortion and women's rights gathered at Los Angeles City Hall on the second anniversary of the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Kenya police force arrives in gang-hit Haiti

It wasn’t immediately known what the Kenyans’ first assignment would be, but they will face violent gangs that control 80% of Haiti’s capital and have left more than 580,000 people across the country homeless as they pillage neighborhoods in their ques...

Iran’s Supreme leader calls for ‘maximum’ turnout in Jun. 28 presidential polls

Six candidates are vying for the presidency after Ebrahim Raisi died in a plane crash in May.

WATCH: Honoring the sun, the Inca Inti Raymi celebration

An ancient Inca ritual, offering to the sun, was re-enacted on Monday, bringing actors and Indigenous communities together.

Protestors storm Kenya’s parliament as MPs pass finance bill

Part of Kenya's parliament building was on fire Tuesday as thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades

Former Brighton coach De Zerbi to join French league club Marseille

Marseille said in a statement late Monday (Jun. 24) it is “currently working with all parties involved to formalize the arrival of the Italian coach and his staff on the OM bench, and to prepare for his arrival in Marseille in the coming days.”