Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Can Bola Tinubu turn Nigeria’s economy around? [Business Africa]

Faced with slow growth, an oil sector in recession and rising debt, where does Nigeria’s new government start? In the last seven years, GDP growth averaged 1.1 percent. The next four years are being seen as the last chance to pull Africa’s largest econ...

20 injured by turbulence aboard Germany to Mauritius flight

Around 20 passengers and crew members on board Condor flight DE2314 were injured when the plane hit turbulence about two hours before landing, an airline spokesperson told dpa.

South Africa: Oscar Pistorius will soon know if he is released

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend 10 years ago, will know in a month if he is eligible for parole, his lawyer said Thursday.

‘The day I couldn’t find grains; I fled to Kenya’, the ordeal of Somalis fleeing hunger

According to the UNHCR, Unprecedented drought, hunger and conflict compounded by the impact of climate change have pushed over 110,000 Somalis into Kenyan camps.

Tunisia: Ons Jabeur “in solidarity” with sub-Saharan migrants

Tunisian Ons Jabeur, world tennis star, said on Wednesday her "pride" to be an African woman and defended "the right of everyone to live in dignity", after a speech denounced as "racist" by President Kais Saied on illegal African migrants.

“We will prove it to Nigerians” that we won the elections – Peter Obi challenges results

"We will explore all legal and peaceful options to get our mandate back. We won the election and we will prove it to Nigerians," Obi of the Labour Party (LP) said at a press conference in the capital Abuja.

Climate change: learning from ancient building techniques

As global temperatures continue to rise, the construction industry in Morocco is taking inspiration from the power-saving characteristics of ancient homes.

Ivory Coast, Guinea to fly back citizens in Tunisia after outcry

In comments that elicited uproar and condemnation from the African Union, the Tunisian president accused African migrants of being criminals and of a plot to change the country's Arab identity

‘We shall not condone any attempts to legitimise LGBTQ’ – Kenya deputy president warns

'We shall not condone any attempts to legitimise LGBTQ' - Kenya deputy president warns

Tinubu urges Nigerians to overcome ‘partisan divide’ and ‘come together’

Nigeria’s President-Elect Bola Tinubu received his certificate as winner of the presidential election on Wednesday (Mar. 1st) in Abuja, and called on all Nigerians to come together for the sake of the country that is "more important than any partisan d...