Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Human Rights Watch urges Tunisia to stop expelling migrants to desert

"We are asking the Tunisian authorities to stop the arbitrary expulsions of black African migrants but also to allow access and assistance to those who are at the borders with both Libya and Algeria. The countries of these nationals should also do ever...

Gabon: Report slams record of Ali Bongo’s second term

Economists Mays Mouissi et Harold Leckat assess in a 196-page-long document the efficiency of the Bongo administration. And the results do not live up to promises. The report is entitled '105 promises, 13 achievements".

Seeking an ‘angel’: African startups face funding challenge

Kubik is proud of its pioneering, climate-friendly technology that recycles one of the world's environmental curses -- plastic waste -- into construction blocks.

CAR government denies Wagner is leaving the country

A special adviser to CAR President Touadéra denied reports cited by French news agency, AFP, that Wagner troops have been leaving the country recently

Tunisian opposition calls out ‘disgraceful’ maltreatment of migrants

Tunisian authorities are coming under heavy criticism following the expulsions of Sub-Saharan migrants. Hundreds of migrants including children from sub-Saharan Africa have been left stranded in dire conditions in the south of Tunisia since being drive...

Tunisian opposition calls out ‘disgraceful’ maltreatment of migrants

Tunisian authorities are coming under heavy criticism following the expulsions of Sub-Saharan migrants. Hundreds of migrants including children from sub-Saharan Africa have been left stranded in dire conditions in the south of Tunisia since being drive...

Kenyan police clash with anti-tax hike protesters, dozens arrested

Protestors clashed with police forces in Kenya as the opposition calls for demonstrations against controversial tax increases

Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads

In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a "copycat" app.

MSF calls for resumption of food aid in Ethiopia

International NGO, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), calls for "immediate resumption" of food aid distribution in Ethiopia suspended since May

Chile welcomes new African Wild Ass calf

A new calf of the critically-endangered species African Wild Ass was introduced to the public in Chile's Buin Zoo