Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Global leaders discuss staggeringly wide digital divide between nations

“Digital connectivity is no longer an option for LDCs but a lifeline. It can play a critical role in creating new opportunities. It can help us LDCs unlock our respective potentials to maintain sustainable development". Zambia Technology and Science mi...

Tunisia: World Bank concerned about sub-Saharan migrants

"Public comments that stir up discrimination, attacks and racist violence are completely unacceptable" , judged the president of the institution, David Malpass, in a letter sent Sunday evening to his teams and which AFP was able to consult on Monday.

Tunisia: Opposition leader Sihem Bensedrine banned from leaving the country

The Tunisian opposition leader Sihem Bensedrine announced on Tuesday that she has been banned from leaving the country after being charged in connection with an investigation into a report by a body she chaired on crimes committed under the dictatorship.

Senegal: First-ever surgery performed on board largest civilian hospital ship

Amadou, a four-year-old, was the first patient to receive a surgery on board the Global Mercy ship which is docked in Dakar, Senegal. He was born with one windswept leg and one bowed leg, even sitting for a meal was painful for him.

UN chief says world failing to achieve gender equality

Antonio Guterres said that "women's rights are being abused, threatened and violated around the world" and that "the progress made for decades is disappearing before our eyes"

Champions League: Chelsea positive ahead crucial clash with Borussia Dortmund

"Believe it or not, the mood has been positive throughout. It's not happy and joking and smiling when you're losing, of course not. But at the same time, there's been a support for each other and a good spirit and a good atmosphere.

DRC: fighting continues with the M23 despite a ceasefire

Fighting had resumed on Monday morning between the army and the M23 on the northern and southern fronts in the province of North Kivu, leaving several civilians dead and injured according to hospital and humanitarian sources.

South African rand weakens after cabinet reshuffle

South Africa's economic activity as measured by GDP growth fell 1.3% in the last quarter of 2022, dropping below its pre-pandemic level due to record power cuts, official figures showed Tuesday.

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

The United Nations' monitoring station on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion warned that Freddy will "gradually intensify to the stage of a tropical cyclone or even an intense tropical cyclone" over the Mozambique Channel before making landfall overnig...

French-Cameroonian commission to turn light on colonial era

A joint French-Cameroonian commission started Friday (Mar. 3rd) work on delving into France's role in the nation's bloody colonial past and post-independence years. The composition of the team has stirred controversy.