Officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are due to reconvene in Geneva on September 16 and 17 for talks on the implementation of the 2025 Washington Accords. The two-day meeting of the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) will bring together representatives of the two countries, with mediators from the United States, Qatar, Togo and the African Union Commission. The mechanism was established to monitor and coordinate the implementation of security commitments between the two countries. end of list The meeting comes as fighting continues in the eastern DRC and key commitments under the peace process…
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By AFP Nairobi will host the World Athletics Championships in 2029, beating off competition from London, Munich and Rome to become the first African hosts, World Athletics has announced. The 2031 championships will be held in Munich, track and field’s governing body said after a council meeting on Tuesday in Budapest, host to the recently concluded Ultimate Championship. end of list “We were fortunate to have four outstanding bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not an easy decision for the Council,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told a press conference. The 2027 event has already been awarded to…
In northern Kenya’s Marsabit County, cancer is devastating families in the Rendille community of Kargi. Kesemo Kapina, 56, has stage-four throat cancer and can no longer work or care for her family. She says she is forced to borrow money for treatment, while her son has dropped out of school to care for her. Former nurse Assunta Galgitele began noticing a rise in cancer cases more than 20 years ago. Like others in their community, they believe these cases may be linked to toxic waste left behind after oil exploration by Amoco – now part of British energy giant BP – in the late 1980s,…
The opposition politician is facing five charges linked to protests that erupted after thecountry’s disputed 2024 presidential election. Mondlane was notified on August 25 that he will stand trial before Mozambique’s Supreme Court. He is not under arrest, and no trial date has been announced yet. Prosecutors accuse him of public advocacy of crime, incitement to collective disobedience, public instigation to a crime, instigation to terrorism and incitement to terrorism. Mondlane denies the allegations.
It is an impressive moment for the continent, which is beating the odds against recent global headwinds and geopolitical tensions to demonstrate economic resilience at a time when growth rates around the world are broadly stalling. Lagos, Nigeria’s main economic hub, is a major driver in sub-Saharan Africa’s success, as the continent’s second largest city economy after Cairo, Egypt. The city state recorded a GDP of $259 billion in 2025, based on purchasing power parity (PPP), and accounts for around a third of the entire GDP of Nigeria, Africa’s third-largest economy, which is growing 4% per year. Records show that Lagos is not simply a…
By Maya Baylis When asked who else he saw skateboarding when he was young, Nigerian skater Samuel “Kaizer/Ziggy” Zakari chuckled, “that’s a funny question because nobody even knew what a skateboard was.” In 2010, skate legend Tony Hawk had already retired from X-Games competitions when Zakari, 17 at the time, tracked down his first skateboard. His mind looping Tony Hawk videogames, Zakari bought his first board having never seen anyone skateboard in person. He stayed up practicing into the night hoping his dad wouldn’t hear the rolling wheels outside their apartment. “It was just me in the dark,” Zakari recalled.…
The small business owner was diagnosed with appendicitis. The university lecturer and the government clerk, both struggling with stomach pain for more than a year, were told they had ulcers. In each case, the real problem turned out to be colorectal cancer. By the time they were diagnosed, all three required major surgery and nearly a year of debilitating chemotherapy treatments. These patients live in and around Ile-Ife, a city in southwestern Nigeria, where they shared their stories with CNN. All three were ultimately treated at the Obafemi Awolowo University teaching hospital by Dr. Olusegun Alatise, a professor of surgery.…
By Rédaction Africanews AI leaders across the sector are calling to slow down the development of the powerful technology, as concerns mount over the risks of “superintelligent” computer systems. In an interview with CBS Sunday morning, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said companies need to devote more time to putting safeguards in place. “It doesn’t mean we need to panic today. It doesn’t mean we need to shut it all down. I would say, it’s a warning sign. It’s a warning sign that we need to slow down. We need to make this technology carefully. And we need to make sure…
By AP African rainmakers have long been revered as spiritual leaders who perform rituals to bring rain, with the role often passed down through generations. But climate change is raising expectations they cannot meet, leaving rainmakers increasingly blamed for drought — and in extreme cases, killed by mobs. Here in eastern Uganda, rain is more than just weather — it is a blessing that can mean the difference between a harvest and hardship. For generations, communities across Africa have revered spiritual leaders known as “rainmakers,” who perform rituals to call for rain. The role is often passed down through generations,…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A large-scale attack on a central army base in Mali last week killed at least 50 soldiers and five Russian Africa Corps paramilitaries, security and local sources told AFP Monday. Thursday’s assault on the Dioura military camp, which was claimed by jihadists, is one of the deadliest suffered by the Malian army since the beginning of the conflict that has ravaged the west African country for more than a decade. Some sources contacted by AFP reported a higher death toll of between 60 and 80 soldiers at the camp, which is located in the central…