Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Namibia’s president sacks Agricuture Minister over rape allegations

The former minister was arrested on Saturday over multiple charges including rape, gender-based violence and kidnapping according to local media reports.

North Korea officially confirms troop deployment to fight with Russia against Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korean soldiers for helping to reclaim control of the Kursk regio, a development that Ukrainian officials deny.

Cape Town fire forces evacuation of nearly 200 households

Nearly 200 households have been evacuated in the coastal city of Cape Town in South Africa after a raging fire began around the Table Mountains on Friday.

Dozens killed in U.S. bombing on Yemeni detention centre for African migrants

Graphic footage aired by the Houthis' al-Masirah satellite news channel showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded at the site. The Interior Ministry said some 115 migrants had been detained at the site

Ineligible to stand, Gbagbo enters the Ivorian election by other means

His 'Enough is Enough' campaign aims to put pressure on President Alassane Ouattara whose rule has delivered impressive economic growth but dogged by high poverty levels and a cost of living crisis

Uganda declares end to Ebola outbreak

The disease had been confirmed in the capital Kampala on January 30 following the death of a male nurse

Visitors pay their respects at Pope Francis’ tomb

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope

Kenya’s Sawe wins London Marathon as Ethiopia’s Assefa takes women’s race

Assefa made up for second-place finishes in London and the Paris Olympics last year, finishing in 2:15:50. It was the fastest ever time in a women’s-only marathon

Iran: Death toll in port blast rises as crews scramble to stop blaze

Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port

DRC: Huge rally for peace in Butembo

The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu marked three months under rebel rule