By Rédaction Africanews Holidaymakers on the Greek island of Crete watched a major military exercise unfold just 50 metres from the beach on Friday. The annual Medusa drills, led by Greece and Egypt, took place near the port city of…
By Ghaya Ben Mbarek Tunis, Tunisia – Dozens of people protested in Tunis on Saturday demanding the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists, as concern mounts over their deteriorating health after one of them entered his second month of…
By Rédaction Africanews Children in Gaza are heading back to school as a new academic year begins, returning to classrooms that remain heavily damaged and lacking basic equipment after years of war. At a school in Nuseirat run by the…
By Rédaction Africanews Uganda’s army said Saturday it had suspended military cooperation with Turkey, after demands for Ankara to hand over a prominent political blogger and fierce critic of President Yoweri Museveni. Army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Museveni’s son and widely…
By Rédaction Africanews Congo began vaccinating health care workers against Ebola on Saturday in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in the country’s history. Health care and other front-line workers are being prioritized for the Ervebo…
By Rédaction Africanews A United Nations team travelled to Kimoka, in North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday. The area is controlled by M23 rebels. The visit focused on the situation of people returning to conflict-affected communities,…
By Rédaction Africanews Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday to demand the release of jailed pro-Palestinian activists accused of money laundering when they helped organise a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla. The four activists were arrested in March accused of misusing funds…
By Rédaction Africanews The waters of one of Brazil’s most visited cities are often stained by a reddish-orange liquid that flows around beachgoers, kayakers and turtles. A new recycling initiative involving City Hall, state-run oil giant Petrobras and potentially thousands…
By AFP Families of some of the people who died in a Nigerian paramilitary civil defence force holding cell, on Saturday demanded justice as government appointed an independent panel to probe the deaths. Thirty-seven young men were found dead inside…
By Rédaction Africanews A tenth victim has been found in South Africa’s femicide series. The unidentified woman was found on Sunday afternoon in Soweto, partially wrapped in a duvet. South African police meanwhile announced having arrested three suspects in connection…
