Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Spanish teen footballer, Lamine Yamal, extends his contract with Barcelona

Yamal’s existing deal was due to expire at the end of the current season, but it has now been extended until 2031.

New Brazil national football team coach Ancelotti finds his feet

The 65-year-old Italian trainer is new head coach for Brazil's national football team. Ancelotti is set to be in charge of his first matches taking place next week against Ecuador and Paraguay in 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

US halts new student visa interviews amid plan to expand social media checks

Interviews already on the calendar will proceed. The halt remains in effect until new guidance is issued.

Survivor of Liverpool car ramming talks of shock and panic

Merseyside Police said they were not treating the incident as terrorism and were not looking for other suspects. The force has not identified the arrested driver

South Africa offers to buy LNG in trade deal proposal to US

Pretoria has announced wanting to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States over a period of ten years in exchange for being able to export vehicles to Washington duty-free. The deal has not yet been accepted by the United States.

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu gives testimony in his ongoing corruption trial

He is facing three separate cases filed in 2019, which include charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, all of which he denies.

Two Brazilian nuns go viral for beatboxing and dancing live on TV

Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after delivering an unexpected beatbox and dance performance during a Catholic television program.

Namibia: how did the Herero and Nama genocide happen?

On Wednesday, Namibia commemorates for the first time the mass killings of Herero and Nama people, committed by Germany, at the beginning of the 20th century. The genocide, termed by historians as "the first of the century", led to the deaths of at lea...

ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments

Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).

Chaos erupts as Palestinians pick up aid at a distribution center in Rafah

Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences.