Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Morocco: Excitement as students, families gear up for new school year

Shops and markets selling school supplies have seen brisk business in recent days, as families stock up on essentials from notebooks and pens to schoolbags

Boko Haram militants kill 60 in an attack in Nigeria’s northeast

Boko Haram militants killed dozens of people in a nighttime assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria that is home to residents who had recently returned from a camp for internally displaced persons, authorities said

Pope Leo XIV canonizes first two saints of his pontificate

Pontiff said both created 'masterpieces' out of lives by dedicating them to God

Sudan’s war devastates farming, pushes millions toward famine

Agriculture, once the backbone of Sudan's economy, has been crippled by widespread fighting that destroyed irrigation systems, drove farm workers from their land and left vast areas uncultivated

‘Nonsense’: Egypt denounces Israel’s plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza

Gaza's Ministry of Health on Saturday reported that at least six more people died as a result of the Israeli-induced famine over the past day, bringing the total number of deaths from starvation during nearly two years of war to 382

Chinese technology shines at Aviation Africa Summit 2025 in Rwanda

Opening the summit, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said that the high cost of air travel remains a barrier to tourism and connectivity across Africa

South Sudan repatriates Mexican man deported from US in July

Rights groups have argued that the Trump administration's increasing practice of deporting migrants to third countries violated international law and the basic rights of migrants

Sudanese feminist drama “Cotton Queen” warmly received at Venice Film Festival

Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Mirghani, who is based in Qatar, made a short film of the story in Sudan, and had wanted to return and make a feature length version in the same location, with the same cast. But when war broke out in Sudan, she was forced to...

Google hit with $3.5 billion fine for unfair advertising practices

European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc's latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew...

Mpox outbreak no longer a global health emergency, WHO chief says

The new form of mpox emerged in early 2024 in Congo and neighboring African countries, spread through close contact including sex. WHO declared it a global health emergency in August of last year