Entries by Rédaction Africanews

DRC: Belgian Foreign Minister meets Tshisekedi /in /by

During his last visit to Kinshasa, the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with Prime Minister Judith Suminwa and President Félix Tshisekedi.

Russia battles blaze after Iran explosion /in /by

Massive Russian firefighting airtankers have dropped over 130 tons of water on Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port, following a deadly explosion last Saturday

Libya hosts African volleyball championship /in /by

Libya is making a bold return to African sports with the 46th African Men’s Volleyball Clubs Championship currently underway in Misrata. The event brings together 23 clubs from nine African nations, including Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Kenya — and sh...

Human rights in crisis: Amnesty sounds alarm over global decline /in /by

Amnesty International has warned of the deteriorating global human rights crisis as the ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends.

Ukraine dismisses Russia’s ceasefire offer, demands longer truce /in /by

The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on “humanitarian grounds,” will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against Starlinks /in /by

Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.

Residents evacuated from nearly 200 Cape Town homes as wildfire rages /in /by

Residents in Cape Town, South Africa haven been evacuated from at least 198 households, including 48 residents who require special care, as a wildfire, which broke out in Table Mountain National Park on Sunday, and spread to the city's southern suburb ...

Spain, Portugal restore electricity supply after outage /in /by

By 6:30 a.m., more than 99% of energy demand in Spain had been restored, the country's electricity operator Red Eléctrica said Tuesday

UN Security Council updated on growing refugee crisis across globe /in /by

Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, told the Security Council that the plight of millions across the globe is exacerbated by the more than 120 conflicts, which are raging unabated

BRICS foreign ministers meet in Brazil to hone unity /in /by

The foreign ministers of the BRICS group, which counts eleven member countries, met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for two days of talks revolving around the world's crises and the group's response to Donald Trump's trade war.