Entries by Rédaction Africanews

Financial audit forces Senegal to reassess IMF program strategy /in /by

The Minister of Finance, Cheikh Diba, announced during the annual IMF meetings in Washington that Senegal's program with the international institution needs to be revised following an audit that revealed a higher debt and budget deficit than previously...

Samoa summit: Commonwealth nations sign first ocean protection pact /in /by

Commonwealth nations made history by adopting their inaugural ocean declaration at a summit in Samoa, the first to be held in the Pacific island nation.

The Apia Ocean Declaration was unveiled at the conclusion of the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Gover...

War affects over 600 million women, UN says /in /by

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report that amid record levels of armed conflict and violence, progress over the decades for women is vanishing and “generational gains in women’s rights hang in the balance around the world”

Egypt, Ukraine foreign ministers meet in Cairo /in /by

Kiev is looking for political and diplomatic support ahead of another peace summit. The first meeting in Switzerland was criticized for not having Russian representatives

RSF militia accused of ‘massacre’ in Sudan’s Gezira state /in /by

Local groups said fighters belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed a town in the Al-Kamelin locality on Friday morning and began firing indiscriminately from high-rise buildings. At least 50 people were killed and hundreds more injured

Hundreds gather for Pride march in Johannesburg /in /by

Hundreds of people marched Saturday to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, an annual event that has been critical in advocating equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community

Haiti gangs try to seize capital as police mission struggles /in /by

According to the U.N, the situation has worsened in the last three months, with more than 700,000 people now displaced in the country and the political process facing "significant challenges"

Malaysia, Ethiopia agree to strengthen bilateral ties /in /by

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim held talks in Putrajaya on Saturday in which the two sides agreed to collaborate further in several sectors including agriculture, industry and trade, and investment

Mozambique ruling party calls for dialogue as opposition rejects vote result /in /by

Supporters of opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane have been staging rallies denouncing the results of the presidential election which gave victory to the ruling party's Daniel Chapo

Muhammad Ali’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fifty years on /in /by

On October 30 1974, he gave boxing one of its most memorable moments when he stopped the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the heavyweight title in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Five decades later it’s still a big part of the Muhamma...