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Hamas attack: Tanzania announces the death of its 2nd missing national/in /by
The government is arranging for Joshua Mollel's relatives, including his father, to travel to Israel to meet the authorities and "obtain more details".
Can the DR Congo electoral commission overcome daunting challenges a week before elections?/in /by
Staging elections is a daunting challenge in a country roughly the size of continental western Europe which suffers from a lack of key infrastructure. Some 44 million Congolese are set to cast ballots in the DRC on Dec. 20, in concurrent presidential, parliamentary provincial and municipal polls.
Pics of the day: December 13, 2023/in /by
Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.
Disappointment for climate activists as COP28 adopts ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels/in /by
“My initial reaction is that while there was some great things that came out of this, overall, it is pretty, pretty poor. I am focusing specifically on the climate finance section of it, and we cannot fund a just transition with the current tax that are in the global stocktake currently.” Victoria W
Record trade deals between Africa and US worth $14.2 billion – White House/in /by
"We've had a record year for U.S.-Africa relations," said Judd Devermont, White House official in charge of sub-Saharan Africa, during an online press conference organized a year after a summit with African leaders at which U.S. President Biden pledged to "pull out all the stops" on the continent
DR Congo: Faulty voters’ cards raise concern ahead Dec 20 election/in /by
“Look is this a card or just a piece of paper? My name is no longer visible, my face has faded, look this is a card, we used to have good cards but look at this one, the authorities lied to us.” Neema Simba, Goma resident
Ugandan serial killer sentenced to 105 years in prison/in /by
The High Court in Kampala, Uganda, has sentenced 25-year-old Musa Musasizi to 105 years in prison for the heinous murders of three women and a three-month-old infant. The victims were identified as his girlfriends, and the infant was the child of one of the victims.
Somalia: President Mohamud highlights progress made on security/in /by
“The drawdown of ATMIS (African Transition Mission in Somalia), we are witnessing today is a testament to the progress we've made together in building a more stable Somalia with a stronger security apparatus working towards transitioning full security responsibilities to Somali forces." President
New Gaza crossing opens for aid truck inspections/in /by
Egypt on Tuesday sent 80 truckloads of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip to a checkpoint just opened by Israel, which has been relentlessly bombarding the Palestinian territory since a bloody Hamas attack on October 7, humanitarian sources told AFP.
Benin: two soldiers killed by homemade bomb in the north/in /by
Two soldiers on motorcycle patrol in northern Benin were killed on Tuesday by an improvised explosive device, military and police sources said on Wednesday.