By DESMOND TIRO and JACK DENTON The black-and-white stripes of Brian Gatonye’s prison uniform match the pieces staring back at him from the chessboard at Kenya’s Maranjau Prison. The 27-year-old has served about 18 months of a three-year sentence for…
By Rédaction Africanews The Malian army said it has entered the strategic northern city of Kidal, which was captured in April by Tuareg separatists who announced their withdrawal earlier Tuesday as the military advanced. “We have just arrived in Kidal…
By Rédaction Africanews Countries in central Africa face a major public health threat from trafficking in medicines, fuelled by a gap between healthcare needs and access to safe, affordable medicine, the UN warned on Tuesday. The six countries of the…
By JACOB ZIMBA and GERALD IMRAY Zambia will sign a revised health agreement with the United States that will not include contentious clauses committing the African nation to share patient health data and specimens with the U.S. government. The five-year…
Emmanuel Akindubuwa Twenty-one years after Lionel Messi helped Argentina beat Nigeria in the Under-20 World Cup final, another African side will be on the pitch for the final match of his international career. Benin face Argentina at the Monumental Stadium…
By Al Jazeera “I was surveilled not because of a specific article. I was investigating land dispossession in Morocco. I then learned I was a Pegasus target,” Omar Radi, a journalist and human rights defender, told Al Jazeera, referring to…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Dozens of civilians have been killed or injured in Tigray since fighting broke out between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan rebels on September 23. The violence has not spared children. In a Tigrayan hospital on…
Thomas Naadi Ghanaian authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly using banknotes to make so-called “money bouquets” and decorate cakes. The Bank of Ghana says the practice is illegal and amounts to misuse and improper handling of the cedi, the…
By AFP and Reuters Mali’s Tuareg rebels have announced they are withdrawing from the strategic town of Kidal, in the north of the country. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition formed in 2024 uniting Tuareg and northern separatist factions,…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP A southern right whale. It’s reached the end of a long journey from Antarctica and is now in the warmer waters off the coast of South Africa. In the shelter of Walker Bay, where there…
