Teachers trained in Nigeria and Ghana are no longer eligible to apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England under the United Kingdom’s overseas-trained teacher application route. The change took effect on September 9, 2026. According to a statement by the Department for Education (DfE), Nigeria and Ghana failed to meet one of its requirements. To apply for QTS, teachers ideally must have a valid, unexpired passport; an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK bachelor’s degree; recognition as a professional teacher in the country where they completed teacher training; and completion of all mandatory induction processes to gain full teacher…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The adult edition of British-Sudanese journalist, Zeinab Badawi’s book “An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence” has sold more the 110,000 copies since it was published in 2024. Now, the well-known broadcaster who was born in Sudan and brought up in England, is working on a new version aimed at children. It will trace the broad sweep of African history from the rise of powerful kingdoms, great trading centres, and influential leaders, to charting Africa’s path to independence. “I make no apologies for the fact that I focused on great…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani on Wednesday of crimes against humanity for abusing and torturing prisoners at a detention facility in the Central African Republic. Said, wearing blue jeans and a sweater, remained expressionless for most of the hourlong hearing in The Hague as presiding Judge Miatta Maria Samba described the inhumane conditions detainees endured at the prison in the capital, Bangui. During the trial, witnesses described cramped cells with walls marked by “bullet holes and blood” and said they were whipped “until they soiled themselves”, Samba…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies As final submissions got underway on Wednesday, Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu urged the three-judge panel to reach an unbiased and courageous verdict in his trial. He is facing treason charges over allegations that he incited the public to rebel and prevent the 2025 general election from taking place. The offence carries a potential death penalty. Lissu was greeted by loud cheers and applause from supporters as he entered the Dar es Salaam High Court. The defence has argued that the prosecution failed to establish its case, while prosecutors maintain that the evidence presented before…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies South Sudan’s National Elections Commission on Tuesday called on politicians and political parties to help ensure a peaceful electoral process. President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional government on the same day, clearing the way for the general election scheduled to take place on 22 December. “So, my appeal is to our politicians, to our political parties, to convert their political ideas into ballot paper and not bullets,” said National Elections Commission chairperson, Gabriel Bol Deng Majok. “It is a work of every politician, every political party, every citizen to ensure that this election is peaceful,”…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reaches unprecedented levels, disease surveillance is spreading beyond the country’s borders. More than 7,700 cases and over 3,700 deaths have been reported in the DRC, according to government figures released on Tuesday. To tackle the epidemic, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is increasing its efforts at displacement sites and along major travel routes, including the Congo River. At the Bende-Bende port, in Kinshasa, IOM workers take the temperature of every passenger and collect health information through a traveller health form, with teams conducting an…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Uncertainty remains over South Sudan’s ability to hold elections in December, after President Salva Kiir dissolved the country’s transitional government on Tuesday. Political analyst Andrea Mac Mabior said the president’s move was in line with the agreed elections timetable. “This is a law”, Mabior said. “The Government of South Sudan should be dissolved three months before the election”. The world’s youngest nation achieved independence in 2011 but soon after plunged into a five-year civil war and figures among the poorest and most corrupt countries. All vice-presidents, ministers and local administrators were removed and the national…
By Rédaction Africanews The leader of Morocco’s opposition PPS (Party of Progress and Socialism) arrived at a polling station in Rabat on Wednesday to vote in the parliamentary election. Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah said he was “optimistic and wishing the best for this process,” after casting his ballot. “We hope that the results will reflect the expectations of the citizens at all levels,” he added. Moroccan voters were choosing a new parliament Wednesday in an election shaped by mounting frustration among young people, high unemployment despite a thriving economy, and demands for better schools, hospitals and housing. Voting centers across the…
By Africanews with AFP Tunisia’s summer this year was its hottest on record, the country’s weather authority said Tuesday, following multiple heatwaves, water shortages and power cuts. “The summer of 2026 was ranked the hottest in Tunisia since 1950,” the year temperature records began, the National Meteorological Institute said. The average temperature was about 2.9 degrees Celsius higher than the previous record, it added. Although accustomed to scorching heat, Tunisia experienced a particularly gruelling summer this year, with July and August marked by “intense and prolonged heatwaves”, the authority said. Scientists attribute these episodes to climate change. This summer also…
The Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic (ATAPOLY), Bauchi, has commended the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) for its commitment to expanding access to quality tertiary education in Nigeria. The Polytechnic also confirmed the receipt of a cumulative N89,602,556 in student loan disbursements for the 2025/2026 academic session, benefiting hundreds of its students. In a letter dated August 5, 2026, and addressed to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, the Registrar of the Polytechnic, Lawal Sambo, expressed appreciation on behalf of the Governing Council, Management, staff and students for the Fund’s educational support programme. According to the letter,…