By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Residents of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, say life is returning to normal after federal forces retook control of the city, which has been seized by Tigray rebels. Passengers continue to arrive at…
By AFP Namibia has detected foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Zambezi Region, making it the second area affected by an outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform said on Sunday. It comes after cases were reported in…
By Rédaction Africanews Morocco’s election-winning Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) announced on Monday the formation of a governing coalition with three other parties. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI named PAM leader Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri prime minister and tasked her with…
By Mohamed Hussein Africa holds billions of barrels of oil, trillions of cubic metres of gas and produces most of the world’s cobalt and manganese for electric car batteries. This week, energy ministers, investors and oil executives are meeting in…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Sudan’s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday ordered a probe into what he called a “painful incident” near the Egyptian border, where an airstrike hit a sprawling gold mining site two days earlier.…
The African Union (AU) has held consultations in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of efforts to advance the peace process in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting continues despite diplomatic initiatives to end the conflict. The consultations,…
Rwanda has signed a 10-year deal with Formula 1 to host races in the African country, starting “in the early 2030s”. The event – to be called the African Grand Prix – will be held on a new, purpose-built circuit…
Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has been named the leader of a new rebel coalition seeking to oust the government. The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) said it aimed to coordinate “resistance forces” to end “tyranny” in…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A huge blowout of oil and gas in Niger’s remote eastern desert has caused an environmental incident of “exceptional severity”, the petroleum ministry announced on Monday. The landlocked west African nation has been producing oil…
The Vice -Chancellor, University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Amfo, has called for reforms in higher education to equip graduates with critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. She made the call while delivering the keynote address at the University of Lagos…
