Haiti police fire tear gas at protesters demanding protection from gangs/in /by
Residents in a neighborhood of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, protested on Tuesday to demand protection against gangs.
M23 rebels push further east attacking another town ignoring calls for ceasefire/in /by
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pushed further into eastern Congo on Wednesday, advancing into the outskirts of Walikale just one day after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda called for an immediate ceasefire.
Over 40 missing after migrant shipwreck in Mediterranean Sea/in /by
Survivors said some 56 people were in the dinghy when it departed from the Tunisian port of Sfax on Monday, UNHCR said.The boat started to deflate a few hours later
Gaza: Arab states meet as renewed Israeli attacks kill hundreds/in /by
The attacks are the first large scale assault on Gaza in about two months. Israel has so far refused to negotiate a second phase of the ceasefire and vowed to use force to recover the remaining captives
Can the Doha meeting end war in Congo’s east?/in /by
The meeting in Qatar's capital was the first time the leaders of Rwanda and DR Congo talked directly after several months of trading hostile barbs
NGOs sue Bollore for corrupt dealings in Africa port concessions/in /by
The organizations from Togo, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Cameroon united contend that Bollore's group obtained business by bribing local leaders. Bollore Africa Logistics operated 16 ports as well as warehouses across the continent, before being sold to MSC shipping group for $6 billion
Thousands of South Africans express interest in US resettlement plan/in /by
The South African Chamber of Commerce in the USA (Saccusa) reported that its website was inundated with registrations from individuals seeking more details about the program.
Pics of the day: March 19, 2025/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.
Ghanaian Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas wins $18M in US defamation case against former MP/in /by
The dispute traces back to Agyapong’s remarks following Anas’s 2018 BBC investigation into football corruption across Ghana and Africa
UN accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine/in /by
The head of a U.N.-backed team says that Russia has committed crimes against humanity as part of its war in Ukraine