South Africa opens criminal case against bogus TikTok doctor/in /by
Dr. Lani, who shares medical advice on TikTok, claimed to be a graduate of Wits Medical School and the "youngest" owner of a pharmaceutical company in South Africa.
Ghanaian artist El Anatsui unveils work at London’s Tate Modern/in /by
79-year-old El Anatsui is a long-established artist who has previously had solo exhibitions at the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, to just name one. He’s created three sculptures for the vast turbine Hall of London’s Tate Modern. The Behind the Red Moon runs until April 14, 2024.
Polls open in Liberia presidential, legislative elections/in /by
. More than 2.4 million people in the West African country, still scarred by back-to-back civil wars, will also elect lawmakers. Voting booths, opened at 0800 GMT will close at 1800 GMT, with the final results expected within 15 days.
Angolan TikToker Neth Nahara sentenced for ‘insulting’ President Lourenço/in /by
Initially sentenced to six months in August, an appeals court decided the initial sentence was too lenient and raised it to two years.
French army has begun its withdrawal from Niger/in /by
“Operations for the departure of the first convoy under the escort of our defence and security forces will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, October 10,”
Nearly half of all plants threatened with extinction, says new report/in /by
At the sprawling Royal Botanic Gardens in the southwest of the British capital, teams are working hard to identify newly discovered species to help speed up their conservation.
Election day in Liberia/in /by
Liberians started heading to the polls on Tuesday morning to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections. First results are expected within 15 days.
Algeria “postpones” its mediation in Niger/in /by
The Algerian government deplored what it called "official and public declarations from Nigerien authorities that raised legitimate questions as to their real willingness to follow up on their acceptance of Algerian mediation."
World Bank and IMF focus on African prosperity at annual meeting/in /by
At the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, being held this week in Marrakech, Morocco, the two institutions have said they want to focus on African prosperity.
Pics of the day: October 9, 2023/in /by
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.