Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Rwanda contests ruling on UK’s asylum plan that describes it an unsafe country for refugees

"Yeah, so our clients were very scared of being sent to Rwanda, a country they know nothing about, most have been to, some have never heard of, and they thought they'd reached protection and safety in the UK after a long and grueling journey. .." Aliso...

Mining industry opens up to technological solutions

At the Mining Week event in the DRC, Vodacom showcased its advanced technological offerings to the mining industry.

Guinea calls for justice in the return of the body of a young man killed by a police off

The body of a 19-year-old Guinean man killed during a roadside checkpoint on 14 June in south-west France was received in Conakry on Wednesday evening by his family and the authorities, who called for justice to be done, an AFP journalist noted.

Germany to speed up Mali withdrawal as UN mission ends

With a UN peacekeeping deployment set to conclude on June 30, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has stated that his nation wants to remove its troops from Mali more quickly while maintaining order.

British court of appeal rules deporting migrants to Rwanda “illegal”

The controversial plan to deport migrants who arrived clandestinely in the UK to Rwanda was declared unlawful on Thursday by the British court of appeal due to safety concerns, much to the dismay of the government, which has announced that it will appe...

Beware of ‘contaminated’ Sprite, says Nigeria

Nigeria's food and drug regulator, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has issued a recall order for a batch of Sprite glass bottles in circulation due to possible contamination with particles.

Hospital in Darfur struggles to give basic services

The Nyala Sudanese Turkish hospital's Medical Director, Soliman Ahmadi described the difficult situation the hospital is facing.

US horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths

The United States humanitarian agency is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where local officials have reported hundreds of hunger deaths in recent weeks after the U.S. and the United Nations paused food aid for one-sixth of the country's population ...

Idris Elba in new Apple TV+ seven episode series ‘Hijack’

"I've been cast as a big man. And in this situation, Sam is much more of a sort of just human being, he's vulnerable. He isn't there to fight. He's there to use that sort of psychology, that sort of pattern of negotiation or allowing people to feel co...

Ex-Rwandan military policeman found guilty of genocide by Paris court

The Paris Assize Court was merciless on Wednesday in sentencing former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana, 66, naturalised French under the name Philippe Manier, to life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda in t...