Tunisia: Prosecutors block planned release of opposition figure/in /by
Tunisia's state prosecutor on Friday appealed against a judge's decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after he was detained for "plotting" against the state, according to his lawyers.
Ogier extends lead in Safari Rally Kenya/in /by
Sébastien Ogier extended his lead in the Safari Rally Kenya on Friday afternoon
Sierra Leone ready for Saturday polls to elect new president/in /by
Sierra Leone electoral commission confirmed Friday it has done over 100 percent distribution of the electoral materials countrywide and that it was ready to conduct the much-awaited election in the West African country.
Malians approve the new draft constitution with 97% of the vote/in /by
Malians have approved the draft of a new constitution submitted by the junta in power since 2020, with 97% of the vote, the electoral authority said in Bamako on Friday, according to provisional official results.
‘An Era of Change’ for Saudi Arabia/in /by
Riyadh, the vibrant capital of Saudi Arabia, could soon become the host of the 2030 World Expo.
Pics of the day: June 23, 2023/in /by
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.
Nigeria: displaced person camps under pressure/in /by
After authorities in northeast Nigeria closed a dozen camps for people displaced by the region's jihadist conflict, the other camps are increasingly overwhelmed.
Somalis search for love online, but don’t call it dating/in /by
The makers of Guurdoon, the first app for singles in Somalia, are hoping to help their fellow citizens find love in a nation with no shortage of challenges.
South Africa: Some thirty illegal miners found dead/in /by
Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 km south of Johannesburg, the government said on Friday.
UN appeals for aid for “traumatised” Somalis who are hungry/in /by
The head of the World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday called on the international community to come to the aid of "traumatised and hungry" Somalis, as food insecurity "soars" again in the country hit by armed conflict and drought.