Entries by Rédaction Africanews

UK presses ahead with plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

In December, court in the UK ruled that Rwanda was a safe country for asylum seekers prompting an appeal by migrant and human rights organisations

Journalists in Sahel under pressure from jihadists and authorities

The Sahel's many crises are becoming increasingly difficult for journalists to cover freely, especially now that the military has taken over in some countries, Reporters Without Borders said in a report released on Monday.

Burkina Faso expels correspondents from French newspapers

These expulsions of Sophie Douce from Le Monde and Agnès Faivre from Liberation, who arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, came five days after the suspension of the France 24 television channel and four months after that of Radio France Internationale (...

Nigeria: Christian faithful in Lagos hold Palm Sunday procession

“Palm Sunday means love. Palm Sunday for me also means willingness to be used.” Tolu Piero, Art Curator

Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's military has denied responsibility for the killings, which is a potential war crime under international law. Usingsatelite images and a cell phone video, the AP has concluded the military executed seven teenage
boys in February after acc...

Rwanda: Kagame re-elected as head of the ruling party

Paul Kagame, Rwanda's president for 22 years, has been elected for another five years as head of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the political party he has led since 1998. The 2,000 supporters present at a congress in Kigali voted on the occasion of the 3...

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga calls off anti-government protests

"Mr Ruto has asked me and Azimio to enter into a constitutional open ended and binding dialogue with his government to find a resolution to the issues that we in Azimio have raised about the last years elections and key governance and cost of living is...

First batch of South Sudanese troops land in eastern DRC

The group of at least 45 soldiers joined Sunday (Apr. 2nd) a regional military force in the eastern region of DRC that is wracked by the M23 rebellion. Troops part of the East African Community (EAC) military force due to oversee the withdrawal of M23 ...

SA’s ANC party officials in Russia ahead of BRICS summit

The 4-days trip took place ahead of the 15th BRICS summit that will be hosted by Pretoria. President Vladimir Putin is expected to appear on the sidelines of the summit scheduled for August. However, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest wa...

92 migrants rescued in international waters off Libya

The humanitarian group said the migrants, including nine women and around 40 unaccompanied minors, were without life jackets in an overcrowded and almost completely deflated dinghy.