By Rédaction Africanews with AP Some 200 teenage girls from six countries took part in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Under-17 girls’ tournament in Zimbabwe in December. But the focus of the competition was less about their games and more about raising awareness of cervical cancer and encouraging an uptake of the HPV vaccine. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is sexually transmitted and the primary cause of cervical cancer and the vaccine can prevent up to 90 per cent of cases. It is the fourth most common cancer among women, with Africa accounting for nearly a quarter of global deaths. Global…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AP In a retaliatory move, Iran on Sunday declared the armies of European Union countries as “terrorist groups”. The announcement comes days after the EU foreign ministers agreed to add Tehran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) to the bloc’s list of terrorist organisations. That decision followed the Islamic Republic’s bloodiest crackdown on nationwide protests since its establishment in 1979. Security forces, including the IRGC, have used extreme brutality against demonstrators in recent weeks with rights organisations estimating as many as 30,000 people have died. The announcement by speaker of Iran’s parliament and a former Guard…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has reaffirmed his commitment to inclusive and peaceful dialogue between all people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a New Year’s address to the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa on Saturday, he said national unity was “more than ever a fundamental requirement”. His comments come as fighting continues in the east of country between the army and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Called for by part of the opposition, the idea of an inter-Congolese national dialogue has also been promoted by Angolan President João Lourenço in recent weeks. Tshisekedi, however, set out conditions…
By Rédaction Africanews with Malaika Élysée In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, traffic is slowly resuming on Lake Tanganyika after the government authorised movement once again. Transport on the lake was suspended for more than a month and a half by the government after the occupation of the town of Uvira by the AFC/M23 rebels. The resumption has been welcomed with relief by the local population, as it marks the return of a vital link for the local economy and daily life. A vital route reopens Boat engines are once again echoing across the waters of the…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Egypt’s President Sisi welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah to Cairo on Sunday for talks on restoring stability to the Middle East region. The two leaders reiterated their opposition to “any attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land,” according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency. They stressed the need to fully implement the Gaza ceasefire, allow unhindered humanitarian aid, and accelerate reconstruction efforts in the territory. The meeting came as Israel announced the partial reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt. Cairo has long opposed plans to displace…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies A commercial flight has landed at Khartoum airport for only the second time since Sudan’s civil war broke out almost three years ago. The domestic flight operated by the national flag carrier SUDANAIR took off on Sunday morning from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. The reopening of the airport is a crucial step in the government’s efforts to normalise life in the capital. “I have mixed feelings of joy and immense happiness because the airport is open, and with that, the country and the capital are back,” said Musab Suwar Al-Dhahab, a Sudanese…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP In the forests of Ethiopia’s largest region, a shadow war grinds on. Hunted by government drones, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander Jaal Marroo denies his fighters target civilians. Yet, as a hidden humanitarian crisis deepens, international investigators accuse both sides of atrocities, leaving millions trapped in a deadly stalemate. The government brands the OLA as terrorists, accusing them of ethnically motivated massacres. Rebel leader Marroo, in a rare interview, insists his troops operate under “strict military discipline.” However, UN investigators and rights groups like Amnesty International document a brutal reciprocity: the OLA accused of killings…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP The so-called Islamic State released new video on Sunday said to show its attack on an air force base in Niger’s capital Niamey. The footage was aired by the Amaq News Agency, part of the jihadist group’s propaganda wing. Four soldiers were injured and several aircraft damaged in Thursday’s assault on the international airport. The video purports to show an explosion inside a hangar housing a helicopter and another aircraft on fire. Gunfire also damaged several passenger planes. Niamey’s airport is a strategic hub that hosts military bases, the headquarters of the Niger-Burkina Faso-Mali Joint…
South Africa’s Zulu king has raised eyebrows by using a highly derogatory term for foreigners and saying they must all leave the country during a much-hyped speech that was supposed to have been aimed at calming anti-migrant feelings in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal. Misuzulu kaZwelithini was addressing his supporters at the place where 20,000 Zulus warriors defeated a British contingent of 1,800 soldiers 147 years ago beneath the rocky outcrop of Isandlwana hill. The Battle of Isandlwana, fought during the Anglo-Zulu war, is something many Zulus wear like a badge of honour: they fought against a foreign army and…
A Kenyan family is seeking answers and support to repatriate the body of their 29-year-old relative, who was killed in Ukraine while fighting for Russia. Clinton Nyapara Mogesa, 29, initially left Kenya for a job in Qatar in 2024, and his family later learned that he had then travelled to Russia. On Saturday, Ukrainian authorities reported that he had died in a so-called “meat assault” – one involving high casualty numbers – in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, after being recruited in Qatar. They said the Russians did not evacuate his body, and he was carrying the passports of two other Kenyans.…