Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Rovanperä beats Neuville in Safari Rally Kenya shakedown

Rovanperä’s opening run through the rough and rocky 5.16km warm-up stage put his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on top, clocking 1.6sec quicker than Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai i20 N Rally1, who improved on his final pass to snatch second

Deportation flight from U.S. arrives in Haiti with 46 passengers

Dozens of U.S. deportees landed in Haiti on Tuesday, with 46 passengers aboard a flight from Miami, including 25 convicted felons

Protesters in Jerusalem oppose Netanyahu’s Gaza strikes

Protesters gathered in Jerusalem Wednesday, marching towards the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oppose the government's resumption of the war in Gaza.

EU acknowledges Rwanda’s role in Congo crisis, but action delayed

According to Mariani, there is no longer any debate about whether the M23 is a terrorist group with ties to the Rwandan government. This fact is now widely accepted by both the European Union and the United Nations.

Nigerian president declares state of emergency, suspends governor, other officials

President Bola Tinubu said in a state broadcast he was suspending the governor and other elected officials, including the state lawmakers, for six months.

Mali withdraws from the International Organisation of La Francophonie

On Tuesday, Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger's lead, announcing its withdrawal from the International Organisation of La Francophonie

At this primate rehabilitation centre in DRC, keepers are struggling to buy food for the animals

The ongoing conflict in DRC between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese military does not only impact the human population. Keepers at the Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Centre say they are struggling to buy enough food for the centre’s hundreds of ch...

Somalia: presidential convoy targeted by al-Shabab bomb attack, president unharmed

Somalia's president was the target of a roadside bomb attack on Tuesday while leaving his palace. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was unharmed. The militant al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Trump and Putin agree on limited ceasefire amid Ukraine conflict

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause i...

Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Doha, call for ceasefire in east DRC

The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.