Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Luanda and Paris launch partnership in agrifood sector

Angolan president João Lourenço hosted his French counterpart Friday (Mar. 3rd). Macron was in Luanda with an aim to develop trade links with the Lusophone country. Later on that same day, he is set to end his central African tour with a visit to The ...

A young woman in Burkina Faso has become famous for her “healing powers”

Hundreds of people travel from across Burkina Faso to a field outside of Ougadougou to see a young woman who they believe has healing powers.

Supreme Court faults President Buhari on Naira redesign policy

The court rules that the use of the old naira notes would remain valid till December 31, 2023.

Summit to protect world’s largest forests ends in Gabon

The various actors attending the 2-day summit that ended Thursday (Mar. 2nd) in Libreville, tried to establish a pool of knowledge to safeguard the three major tropical basins of the world.

Scientists discover hidden corridor in Egyptian pyramid

The passage is nine metres (30 feet) in length and more than two metres in width, the antiquities ministry said in a statement.

Violence faced by marginalised Tunisian youth expressed in art project

A project by NGO, International Alert, provides marginalised youth from working-class neighbourhoods of Tunis, an artistic outlet to express the violence they face.

Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12

The explosion in Emuoha council area of the southern Rivers state occurred along a pipeline targeted by illegal refinery operators who were trying to steal oil, state police spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko said.

US offers up to $5M reward for leader of DR Congo ADF Militia

"The United States Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program ... offers a reward of up to $5 million for information that may lead to the identification or location of the leader" of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the embassy said in...

Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia celebrates victory against Italy invasion

Ethiopia was the only African country not colonized by a European power as a result of the victory, leaving it as one of the few Nations to remain free of the influences of Western colonization

DRC: M23-controlled roads reopened and closed

"The movement of goods and merchandise is now authorised" on a series of roads controlled by the M23, Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Ndjike, spokesman for the provincial governor, announced in a statement on Wednesday evening.