Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Uganda: Museveni plays down Washington’s exclusion of his country from a trade deal

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday that the United States was "overestimating" its importance after Washington announced that it was withdrawing Uganda from a major trade agreement because of human rights violations.

Guinea sacks soldiers and prison officers over former leader’s jailbreak

Former junta leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, is back in jail after heavily armed men sprang him out of prison on Saturday.

Turkey: Blinken wraps up Mideast tour with tepid, if any, support for pauses in Gaza war

The US' top diplomat was wrapping up Monday (Nov. 06) a grueling Middle East tour in Turkey as he sought to forge a consensus around the US proposal to ease civilian suffering in Gaza.

Cameroon: Paul Biya marks 41 years in power

Many voices within the ruling Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (RDPC) have already called for Biya to vie in the 2025 presidential election for a fresh 7-year term.
Critics of his regime, however, wore black on Sunday. Some cited corruption, ...

Over 20 killed in Sudan after shell hits market – NGO

A statement from the committee for pro-democracy lawyers said the shells hit Sunday (Nov. 5) the market in Omdurman during an intense exchange of fire between Sundan's warring sides.

Ghana’s VP Bawumia gets ruling party nod for 2024 presidential run

According to the final results, Bawumia won 61.4 percent of the votes while this nearest rival Kennedy Ohene Agyapong won 37.4 percent

Senegal: people demonstrated in support of Palestinians

200 supporters were gathered outside the Grand Mosque in Dakar

Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison

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

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

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.