Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Côte d’Ivoire: A hospital saves premature babies with the “Kangaroo method”

Mounira is barely 40 centimeters tall. Mouth open, cheek flat against her mother's chest, this baby born almost two months prematurely is growing thanks to the "kangaroo" method, increasingly used around hospitals in Côte d'Ivoire.

Sierra Leone: Incumbent Julius Maada Bio casts ballot

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio cast his vote in the country's general elections and urged citizens to vote.

Hajj 2023: Sudanese pilgrims denied by ongoing war

Raging war in Sudan, only a small part of the country’s predominant Muslim community will be able to circumambulate around the Kabbah.
Saudi officials have said they expect the number of pilgrims to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Mali, CAR watch with concern as Wagner mutiny unfolds in Russia

The Russian capital and the regions of Rostov, which borders Ukraine, and Lipetsk announced on Saturday that they were stepping up their security arrangements after head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, accused the Russian army of shelling his fig...

South Africa: Nearly 30 illegal miners found dead

Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 km south of Johannesburg, the government said on Friday.

Sierra Leoneans rush to polls to elect new government officials

Sierra Leoneans began voting Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections amid a cost-of-living crisis that helped spark deadly riots last year.

Unrest in Senegal impedes sheep herders ahead of Aid-al-Adha

Unrest in Senegal is having a ricochet effect on the country's sheep herders ahead of the Muslim holiday, Aid-al-Adha, also known as Tabaski in Western Africa.

Tunisia: Prosecutors block planned release of opposition figure

Tunisia's state prosecutor on Friday appealed against a judge's decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after he was detained for "plotting" against the state, according to his lawyers.

Ogier extends lead in Safari Rally Kenya

Sébastien Ogier extended his lead in the Safari Rally Kenya on Friday afternoon

Sierra Leone ready for Saturday polls to elect new president

Sierra Leone electoral commission confirmed Friday it has done over 100 percent distribution of the electoral materials countrywide and that it was ready to conduct the much-awaited election in the West African country.