Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Mali revokes over 90 mining permits amid crackdown on non-compliance

Mali has revoked more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those held by international companies, after officials said operators failed to meet new legal requirements.

Protesters in London rally for Sudan as war reaches new deadly phase

Protesters gathered outside London’s Downing Street on Wednesday to show solidarity with the people of Sudan, as the country’s brutal two-year war enters a new and more dangerous phase.

Russia says its successfully tested nuclear-capable underwater drone

President Vladimir Putin said the super torpedo, Poseidon, could not be intercepted.

Ten tourists and local pilot die in plane crash in Kenya

The Hungarian and German visitors were travelling from the town of Diani on the Indian Ocean to the Maasai Mara reserve.

Counting gets underway in Tanzania after tense day of voting and protests

Incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is widely expected to strengthen her grip on power in the polls.

Dozens killed after Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Seychelles marks 40 years of Kreol festival with vibrant tribute to identity and heritage

The 40th Kreol Festival runs until November 2nd, and will return in October 2026, continuing its mission to preserve, celebrate and transmit Creole heritage to future generations.

Convicted sex offender mistakenly released from a UK prison deported to Ethiopia

An Ethiopian man who was mistakenly released from a British prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager has been deported to his home country, the U.K. government said Wednesday,

Kenya seizes over one tonne of meth in Indian ocean bust

Kenyan authorities have intercepted a massive drug shipment in a high-seas operation supported by INTERPOL, seizing more than one tonne of methamphetamine and arresting six suspects aboard a flagless vessel.

Burkina Faso lawmakers approve independent electoral commission dissolution

This formalises a bill adopted in July by the country’s military rulers, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré.