Entries by Rédaction Africanews

In China, Zambia’s Hichilema eyes collaboration after tour of top tech firms /in /by

Business featured high on the agenda of Hakainde Hichilema's Shenzhen stop-off, with the leader visiting five leading companies over the course of two days.
Hichilema who will reportedly end his state visit on Saturday (Sep. 16), has high hopes on the...

Nigeria experiences a nationwide power outage /in /by

Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage Thursday after the country's electrical grid collapsed due to technical failures, the West African nation's electricity distribution companies reported.

Gabon: President Oligui relaunches investigations into public markets /in /by

"The president of the transition (...) decided today to reactivate the task force for controlling internal and external debt in order to carry out the verification of all public markets.

Nigeria experiences a nationwide power outage after its electrical grid fails /in /by

Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage Thursday after the country's electrical grid collapsed due to technical failures, the West African nation's electricity distribution companies reported.

Libya: More people reported missing in remote areas /in /by

On Wednesday emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna, which authorities consider is the worst hit area

Moroccan children traumatized by earthquake /in /by

For Ibtissam Aït Iddar, 9 years old, the shock of the shock was compounded by the pain of having lost two friends. “With Mouna and Zineb, we went to school together even if we were not in the same class,” she says modestly

South Africa’s Malcolm Marx out of Rugby World Cup with long-term knee injury /in /by

"He's been working very hard to be in the best form possible for the tournament and it's tragic that his campaign has ended this way," coach Jacques Nienaber said.

Ugandan police ban Bobi Wine’s opposition rallies /in /by

The authorities had authorised this operation, launched on 2 September by the National Unity Platform (NUP), an unprecedented decision in a country ruled with an iron fist since 1986 by President Yoweri Museveni and where the opposition is tightly cont...

France in Mali has made it possible to “contain” terrorism, assures Elisabeth Borne /in /by

The past presence of French soldiers in Mali, where hostilities have resumed between armed groups and the junta in power, has made it possible to "contain the progression of terrorism" , assured French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Wednesday.

Cape Town clamps down on illegal electricity connections /in /by

Solving the electricity crisis is a crucial issue ahead of general elections next year, when the ruling African National Congress, in power since the advent of democracy in 1994, risks seeing its vote drop below 50 percent for the first time