Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Armed men kidnap women and children in northwestern Nigeria

"The entire village was gripped by fear as gunshots echoed throughout the operation," another resident told Daily Trust, which reported 43 people kidnapped.

Police in Kenya hurl teargas at protesters against gender-based violence

“It is very sad that I was injured while championing for women not to be injured or killed. If the president is serious about ending femicide, let him start by taking action on the officers who have brutalized us today,”

Israel’s Netanyahu testifies in corruption trial

The Israeli prime minister faces three separate cases of corruption which include allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted

A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son’s death

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the ongoing violence, which saw the killing of “at least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, between December 6-8 in the Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cite Soleil,”

Uganda: UNHCR raises alarm over suicide rates among refugees

“Even in my sleep, I dream of bombs pounding the city, and I wake up in a panic because I’m so scared…”

UN warns of escalating insecurity in DR Congo

UN Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita reported “Political tensions around calls to revise the Constitution, and the continued and escalating insecurity in North Kivu and Ituri, especially related to the ac...

Gold mining threatens protected UN heritage site in Congo

Spanning more than 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 square miles), the Okapi reserve became a protected site due to its unique biodiversity and large number of threatened species, including its namesake, the okapi. A Chinese company is accused of exploi...

Syrians rush to notorious prison to search for loved ones

Thousands of Syrians headed Monday to Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus to search for their loved ones. Civil defense workers and teams from the White Helmets civil defense group were seen digging holes inside the prison in search for hi...

Multilateral Development Banks: Delivering climate finance but falling short on reforms

Adaptation finance lags behind mitigation, with only a few MDBs prioritizing it as required under the Paris Agreement. Concessional financing, essential for low-income and climate-vulnerable nations, is declining, with grants falling from 10% of total ...

High-Stakes Summits in Djibouti Ignore Its Domestic Crises

While these discussions addressed pressing regional concerns, they deliberately excluded Djibouti’s domestic struggles, such as hunger, poverty, and governance deficits.