Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Mauritania’s ruling party wins majority seats in local and legislative polls

Mauritania's ruling party, the El Insaf, won majority of the seats at the concluded legislative and local elections according to official results published on Sunday by the electoral commission.

Rabat hosts 8th MOCA festival to promote Africa’s cultural industry

Africa makes up only one percent of the world's creative Industries, but the MOCA festival in Rabat sought to change that last week.

Sudan’s warring sides agree to seven day ceasefire starting Monday

Representatives of both army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo signed up to the ceasefire in Jeddah

South Africa’s para surfers dream of competing in the Paralympics

The discipline has yet to make its Paralympic debut, but para surfers have high hopes this will happen at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

Divided Cameroon celebrates National Unity Day

Thousands of people have been killed since 2016 after a group of Anglophone Cameroonians began to fight President Paul Biya's Francophone government.

Senegal tension: Who are the youths ready to “die” for Ousmane Sonko?

Whenever Senegal's main opposition leader has faced the judiciary, many of his supporters have taken to the streets. Protests have often turned violent with those of March 2021 getting down in history as some of the deadliest. The young protestors cons...

Ugandan LGBTQ activist plans to return home, despite fear of arrest

DeLovie Kwagala, who's non-binary and prefers to use the pronoun 'they,' has been living in South Africa since 2021 but their visa is about to expire.

Franco-Senegalese director makes it to Cannes with her debut film

In the film Banel and Edama are lovers who've never left their village in Senegal and their passion is in conflict with their community's traditions.

Hundreds of refugees cross into western Ethiopia from Sudan every day

Around 15,000 refugees from sixty different countries crossed over between April 21st and May 7th and more are arriving.