Entries by Rédaction Africanews

WATCH: Palma de Mallorca airport hit by rainstorm rampage

On June 11, heavy rains caused severe flooding across Mallorca, including Palma Airport, where several flights were grounded.

Zuma’S party seeks to halt parliament election of country’s president

South Africa's third biggest political party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, has filed legal papers seeking to halt the first sitting of Parliament scheduled for Friday to elect the country's president.

South Sudan hosts first-ever World Cup qualifier match in Juba

FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrived in Juda, South Sudan on Tuesday for the inauguration of Juba National Stadium.

Malawi in mourning following the death of vice-president Saulos Chilima

Saulos Chilima and nine others died in a plane crash on Monday in a forest in the north of the country.

Displaced Gazans react to ceasefire plan adopted by UN Security Council

The proposal was announced by U.S. President Joe Biden last month. He presented it as an Israeli proposal, but Israeli PM Netanyahu has publicly disputed key aspects of it. A clear approval of the US-sponsored plan from the warring sides is yet to come.

Palestinian DC Chef and Senegalese Eatery in NOLA win James Beard Awards

More than 100 restaurants were finalists in 22 categories for the culinary world's equivalent of the Oscars , with a wide diversity of cuisines and chef backgrounds, a recent development after turbulent years marred by a pandemic for the James Beard Fo...

USA: A new attraction featuring Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess, to open

'The Princess and the Frog' is a retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. In the 1-hour-37 minute-film finds the lives of arrogant Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths.

Poorly paid doctors and nurses flee Africa for Canada

Cameroon has one of the world's lowest ratios of health workers per capita.

Malawi’s Vice President among 10 confirmed dead in plane crash

President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday (Jun. 11) in a live address on state television that the wreckage of the plane had been located after a search of more than a day in thick forests and hilly terrain near the northern city of Mzuzu.