Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Senegal: Graffiti school in Dakar gives youth new form of expression

"In fact, the idea wasn’t to just educate the young to use this art as a means of making money, even if it is perfectly legitimate and legal. But also young people who understand the realities of their time, .. who also understand the sacrifice that wa...

Nigeria police free 58 hostages held by gangs

Nigeria's police said Sunday they had freed 58 hostages held by gangs in the central state of Kogi in an operation that left one of the abductees dead.

Autopsies rule out organ harvesting in Kenya cult deaths

Autopsies rule out organ harvesting in Kenya cult deaths

DR Congo: National day of mourning in South Kivu after deadly floods

According to officials, about 400 bodies have been found. Several villages have been submerged, many houses washed away, fields devastated, when rivers have left their beds under the effect of heavy rains.

Mali: Record-breaking nonuplets celebrate their second birthday

"Since I am in Mali, members of my family support me to raise the children, especially my sister, she is with me morning and evening, every day for everything that concerns the care of the children. It is not easy." Halima Cisse, mother of the nonuplets

Sudan refugees cross into Ethiopia as battles rage on

"Our safety and life comes first, we can't be thinking of the things that we have left behind. Plus they search you at the road when you come here, so if you had valuable stuff, they take it. So it's not worth it." Sara , Eritrean refugee from Sudan

Tilapia, the star ingredient at the Lomé culinary event FESMA

Chefs from several African countries are gathered in Lomé Togo until May 9th. They are promoting products and African dishes at the second edition of FESMA, the cooking-pot festival.

Death toll from DRC floods rises to 203

More bodies were recovered, an administrative official said Saturday (May 6).
The previous provisional death toll, announced late on Friday (May. 5) by the provincial governor, was at least 176 dead.

Arab League begins negotiations between Sudan’s warring sides

The Arab League (AL) held an emergency meeting in Cairo this weekend, the third of its kind in three weeks, to discuss the ongoing military clashes in Sudan.

Uganda: Turning farm waste into biodegradable seedling pots

Scientists at the National Agriculture Research Institute in Uganda are hoping to save the environment from plastic waste with their new eco-plastic potting bags.