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DRC: Pétronille Vaweka, activist, peace negotiator & Women Building Peace Award finalist/in /by
Twenty years on, Pétronille Vaweka remembers her heated exchanges with militiamen, the threats and the horrors in her home province of Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where her mission was to "stop the war".
COP28: “The future of children is in danger”/in /by
Children from African and Latin American countries on Wednesday spoke at an event at the COP28 climate summit taking place in Dubai.
Photographer Prince Gyasi shares Vision and Inspiration Behind the 2024 Pirelli Calendar/in /by
Photographer Prince Gyasi drew upon his childhood sense of wonder growing up in Ghana to create the 2024 Pirelli calendar. While promoting the project in New York, Gyasi discussed the influences that shaped this year's theme, "Timeless."
Immigration: former UK Home Secretary calls on government to “change course”/in /by
Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Thursday urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to "change course" on immigration, as his Conservative party was torn over a bill to send illegal migrants to Rwanda.
Cameroon: President Paul Biya receives Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema/in /by
The Cameroonian leader is the latest to host Oligui Nguema who is on a tour of central African states asking for the lifiting of economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections.
Sudan: US says war crimes committed by both factions/in /by
The United States on Wednesday accused Sudan's armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of having both committed war crimes during the brutal fighting between the two sides over the last eight months.
DRC: 5 years after the political changeover, no peace in the east/in /by
In 2019, Félix Tshisekedi succeeded Joseph Kabila as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo and pledged to do everything possible to bring peace to the east of the country, scarred by 25 years of conflict.
At Trans Musicales, the difficult reality of African musicians/in /by
"In Senegal, there is no music industry. For concerts, for example, generally only the singers are paid well; the singers themselves pay the accompanying musicians, they come afterwards",
US pledges climate aid for cities, more private sector finance/in /by
On Wednesday, the head of US aid promised to support around twenty developing cities in the face of climate change and announced more than $2 billion in new funding for adaptation from the private sector.
Pics of the day: December 6, 2023/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.