Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Sudan: Over 31,000 children lack treatment for malnutrition- save the children

"With the refugee’s situation, mothers struggle to feed their children, so we now receive many cases of malnutrition. We need prevention measures for malnutrition cases as it will help in dealing with many cases that we receive upon their arrival. In a...

Zimbabwe: Elections extended for a day as voters in opposition strongholds lament delays

"It’s a surprise because we came here expecting to cast our votes but surprisingly to be told that the ballot papers is not here. As far as we know Zec is concerned they say that they were more then ready for this election. But it seems it's just a jok...

Morocco’s El Bakkali wins new world championship title in the 3,000-meters steeplechase

It is the fourth Bakkali medal wins in a row. At 27, he won silver in London in 2017, then bronze in Doha in 2019 and finally gold in Eugene (Oregon) USA.

BRICS Summit: Focus on building mutual financial system

The Brazil, India, China, South Africa Summit taking place in Johannesburg (Aug. 22-24) has raised more curiosity and conversations around lifting off regulations that hamper the blocs goal to create a new currency for the bloc.

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly killed in plane crash in Russia

The Federal Agency for Air Transport of Russia initiated an investigation of the crash of a plane that happened in the Tver Region on Wednesday (Aug.23), accordign to Russia's Tass news agency. Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in the list of passengers o...

Ethiopia announces joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings

The Ethiopia Foreign ministry tweeted Tuesday (Aug. 22) that the government will jointly investigate with Saudi authorities a report by a human rights group of killings of hundreds of its nationals.

BRICS leaders weigh expanding membership at summit

Calls to enlarge the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- has dominated the agenda at its three-day summit in Johannesburg and exposed rifts between its members.

Crisis in Niger: Algeria begins mediation in three Ecowas countries

Algeria, firmly opposed to any military intervention in Niger, on Wednesday sent its Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, on a tour of Nigeria, Benin and Ghana, to help find a way out of the crisis, Algerian diplomacy announced.

Zimbabwe votes as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second and final term

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission acknowledged the late distribution of ballot papers at some polling stations and blamed it on delays in their printing "arising from numerous court challenges."

Niger Coup: Suspected terrorists shoot Ghanaian driver at Burkina Faso border, burn several trucks

Suspected terrorists shoot Ghanaian driver at Burkina Faso border, burn several trucks