Entries by Rédaction Africanews

May Day: South African workers march in support of the Palestinians

Large crowds of ANC supporters took part in a solidarity march in support of Palestine Wednesday (May.1 st) in Cape Town. They later gathered at the Athlone Stadium for a May Day rally hosted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).

Tunisia: Unless “conditions” are met, main opposition coalition to boycott presidential polls

Tunisia’s main opposition coalition says it won’t take part in the upcoming presidential election unless political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored.

Gaza: Turkey joins South Africa in genocide case against Israel

srael fervently denies that its actions - which have included attacks on hospitals, ambulances and blockade of humanitarian aid amount to a breach of the Genocide Convention

Israel re-opens crossing to allow aid to flow into the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip

International aid organizations have reported a widespread humanitarian disaster, warning that hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza face the risk of famine.

Paris 2024 Olympics: South Sudanese refugee suspended for doping

A third runner on the Refugee Olympic team has been suspended for a positive doping test, with the announcement coming two days before the IOC confirms its selection of athletes for the Paris Games.

Plastic pollution: what to know from the Ottawa conference

Arriving in Ottawa, many feared that efforts to develop the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution , including in the oceans, would bog down

Haiti: Fritz Bélizaire appointed Prime Minister

Fritz Bélizaire was chosen in a surprise move to replace current interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, gaining the support of four of the seven voting members on the nine-member panel but with other panel members saying they were unfamiliar w...

Nigeria: Govt workers salaries increased by up to 35 percent

Nigeria 's labour unions have been agitating for an increase in wages and salaries since last year when president Bola Ahmed Tinubu effected the removal of subsidies on petrol upon his assumption of office.

UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda

The government announced on Wednesday, marking a significant step in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's immigration strategy.

Niger: Agadez re-emerges as migration hub to europe

“They (migrants) face a lot of risks, risks of arrest and detention, risks of expulsion from Algeria, so there are still a lot of factors that are continuing to impede the movement of migrants further north.” Alice Fereday, Senior Analyst at the Global...