Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Tunisia: security guard fatally stabbed outside Brazil embassy

A security guard was fatally stabbed outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunisia on Monday, according to the Tunisian Interior Ministry.

Tunisia holds talks on illegal migration with French and German interior ministers

Ministers Gérald Darmanin and Nancy Faeser want to deepen security cooperation with Tunisia, in areas that include information sharing and cooperation between [intelligence] services in order to combat what they described in a joint statement as "a sco...

AFCON 2024: Kelechi Iheanacho seals Nigeria’s qualification

Nigeria qualified for the next AFCON by beating Sierra Leone 3-2 on Sunday thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho's 95th minute goal, while Tanzania held on for a crucial home win over Niger despite a bizarre late incident when the referee sent off the Tanzanian ...

African migrants use music to integrate in Cyprus

"At first, some people were skeptical about the idea of migrants playing [music]. But as soon as I started singing, often in Greek, people changed their view towards us. They became a little more interested. Music has really given us everything in Cypr...

EU allocates $22M to Egypt in the face of Sudanese refugee crisis

Egypt's Foreign ministe and the European Union’s foreign policy chief talked among other things about strategic relations, economic partnership and close cooperation in the Mediterranean, on Sunday (June 18).

DRC: Tensions rise amidst upcoming presidential election

With six months to go before the elections, the campaign is shaping up to be very tense in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the opposition raging against a regime determined to stay in power, against a backdrop of conflict in the east and social ...

Nigeria: new deadly clashes, 13 dead

New clashes between farming and herding communities have left at least 13 people dead in central Nigeria since Friday, according to community leaders and local authorities.

Sudan: second day of truce, Geneva hosts international conference for aid

The truce is being held for the second day in Khartoum on Monday, as Geneva hosts an international conference on humanitarian aid to Sudan, which has been ravaged for more than two months by fighting between rival generals.

Sierra Leone: Opposition rally held ahead of elections

Ahead of Sierra Leone's presidential elections on 24 June, supporters of the main opposition party, the All People's Congress (APC) gathered in the capital Freetown to protest the country's dire economic situation.

Uganda: UN experts say ADF financed by Islamic State group

UN experts have established that the ADF rebels active in the east of the DRC and accused of Friday's attack on a high school in Uganda were receiving financial support from the Islamic State (ISIS) group and were seeking to expand their area of operat...