Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Liberian president Weah to face opponent Boakai for 2nd time in runoff vote

Liberian President George Weah will face off against challenger Joseph Boakai for the second time in a Nov. 14 runoff vote

Mauritania: Prosecutor seeks 20 years for former president Aziz

A Mauritanian prosecutor asked Tuesday (Oct. 24) a Nouakchott court to sentence former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 20 years in prison for illicit enrichment. Aziz has maintained his innocence and said the trial is political and should be dis...

Strong opening for Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” on murders of Native Americans

The film about the systematic killing of Osage Nation members for their oil-rich land cost at least $200 million to make. It is the largest production yet from Apple Studios.

Miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground in South Africa

Details were sketchy and there were conflicting statements over what happened, with the unregistered union asserting it represents the majority of employees at the mine and it wants to be formally recognized.

FACT CHECK: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.

Nigeria launches mass HPV vaccination campaign to curb cervical cancer

Nigeria launches mass HPV vaccination campaign to curb cervical cancer

Nigeria has commenced a large-scale vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) in a bid to substantially reduce cervical cancer rates

Kenya: Court extends bar on deploying police to Haiti for 2 more weeks

The High Court on Tuesday (Oct. 24) said that it would rule on the case on Nov. 9.
Former presidential candidate, Ekuru Aukot, filed a petition on Oct. 9 against the deployment of Kenyan forces, arguing that the law allowing the president to do so conf...

Rwandan defense forces incursion into DRC, authorities say

Tuesday, October 24, in a tweet, government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya published some drone images, which appear to indicate incursions by the Rwandan armed forces into the city of Tongo and Rutshuru in North Kivu, in the east of the DRC to support el...

US warns businesses of risks in Uganda, citing anti-LGBTQ law

The advisory was issued by the U.S. Departments of State, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Commerce, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Medical students champion organ donation diversity

Inequities in organ transplantation remain a pressing concern, particularly in communities of color.