Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings, and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes...

Tanzania votes amid crackdown and opposition arrests

Polling stations opened across Tanzania on Wednesday for a national election overshadowed by concerns from human rights groups and the detention of opposition figures.

US Embassy urges Americans to leave Mali immediately amid Jihadi fuel bloackade

The U.S. Embassy in Mali is urging all American citizens to leave the country immediately, warning of rising terror threats and a worsening fuel crisis caused by a jihadi blockade.

Life inside the camps of Tawila in Dafur

In Darfur, hundreds of thousands of displaced people are crammed into overcrowded camps, struggling against disease, hunger, and trauma after fleeing brutal clashes between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces.

Zanzibar early voting starts as Suluhu conducts last rally in Mwanza

President Samia Suluhu Hassan made her final campaign appeal to supporters on Tuesday, addressing a massive rally in the party's signature green colors as Tanzania prepares for general elections that are expected to extend her party's six-decade hold o...

Netanyahu orders “powerful strikes” on Gaza threatening fragile ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to prepare "powerful strikes" in Gaza on Tuesday, while Hamas announced it would delay returning a hostage's body, pushing a U.S.-brokered ceasefire to the brink of collapse and threatening...

Amazon to lay off some 30,000 corporate employees

It said the company needs to be organised 'more leanly' to seize opportunities provided by artificial intelligence.

Cameroon gripped by tension as post-election protests erupt

Cameroon faced a second day of political turmoil on Tuesday following the official proclamation of presidential election results, with protests disrupting cities and drawing international condemnation over the violent suppression of demonstrations and ...

Angola makes bold move to acquire De Beers stake amid strategic shift

Endiama sees value in leveraging De Beers’ mining technologies and marketing infrastructure to propel Angola’s diamond industry forward.

Senegal’s parliament blocks attempt to accuse former president Sall of high treason

For now, the question remains whether new, admissible proceedings might be mounted — and whether this episode will dent Sall’s influence both domestically and internationally.