Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Senegal: people demonstrated in support of Palestinians /in /by

200 supporters were gathered outside the Grand Mosque in Dakar

Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison /in /by

Moussa Dadis Camara, taken out of prison on Saturday morning by a heavily armed commando, has been recaptured and put back behind bars, the army and his lawyer have said

Ghana’s ruling party votes to elect candidate for 2024 ballot /in /by

Members of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) cast their ballots in primaries to elect its candidate for next year's presidential ballot

former guinean leader Dadis Camara escapes from prison in a jailbreak /in /by

Gunmen stormed the main prison in Guinea’s capital early Saturday and freed former leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the country’s justice minister said, announcing the closure of the West African nation’s borders.

Springboks welcomed by proud Capetonian fans /in /by

South Africa’s proud rugby champions tour Cape Town from the central business district to Langa and Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats on Friday (Nov. 03). Fans lined the streets waving flags and chanting for the World Cup winners as their open top bus pass...

Nigeria, French Foreign Affairs ministers talk regional issues, UN Security council seat /in /by

Nigeria's Foreign affairs minister Yusuf Tuggar hosted his French counterpart in Abuja on Friday (Nov. 03). They oversaw the signing of an agreement between the French Agency for Development and Nigeria's government and discussed bilateral relations an...

“Time running out to prevent Genocide in Gaza”, UN human rights experts /in /by

Israel's embassy in Geneva said on X, formerly Twitter, that it was "deplorable and deeply concerning" that UN special procedure mechanisms "repeated propaganda" led by Hamas. Over 9,000 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel's r...

USA: “Tragic hero” Malcolm X opera comes to New York’s Met /in /by

The musical biography of civil rights leader Malcolm X infusing history with Afrofuturism will open at New York's Metropolitan Opera on November 3rd. The opera by composer Anthony Davis is the second by a Black composer in Met history.

Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at Chellah, a tourism-friendly ancient port near Rabat /in /by

Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco, digging out thermal baths and working class neighborhoods that the country hopes will lure tourists and scholars...

Henri Lopes, Congolese writer and politician, dies in France /in /by

"Henri died on Thursday, November 2 at the Foch hospital in Suresnes (near Paris), carried away by illness," the statement said.