Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Record number: nearly 1.3 million Haitians now internally displaced

Gang violence has been rife in Haiti for years, but never until now has it forced so many people to flee their homes. The population movements have also worsened the humanitarian situation in the fragile country.

Akinola Davies Jr. makes history with My Father’s Shadow at Cannes

Set in Lagos in 1993, My Father’s Shadow is a poignant meditation on fatherhood, nationhood, and brotherhood.

Paris Saint-Germain arrive in Los Angeles for FIFA Club World Cup

Just over a week after winning the UEFA Champions League in Munich, Paris Saint-Germain landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday to begin its final preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Greenland and Iceland saw record heat in May

Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat wave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world, scientists said...

South Africa buries unclaimed bodies of illegal miners

In total, 78 corpses were recovered during an operation to get illegal miners - also known as zama zamas - out of a decommissioned gold mine in Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg in January

TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the US after his detention by federal agents

An ICE spokesperson says the Senegalese-Italian influencer was held at Las Vegas’ airport on Friday after “overstaying the terms of his visa".

WSL Trestles Pro: World No.1’s Smith and Bryan, Japanese Igarashi advance

Men's and women's world No. 1's Jordy Smith of South Africa and Gabriela Bryan of Hawaii cruised into the next round on the opening day of the World Surf League Trestles Pro in San Clemente, California on Tuesday.

Togo’s president faces calls to resign after protests over new role allowing indefinite rule

The Togolese leader, who has ruled since 2005 after the death of his father, was sworn in as President of the Council of Ministers in May.

China, U.S. agree ‘framework’ to resolve trade row

The meetings appeared to focus on finding a way to resolve disputes over mineral and technology exports that had shaken a fragile truce on tariffs reached in Geneva last month