By Rédaction Africanews and AFP This year’s Mining Indaba conference opened in Cape Town on Tuesday under the theme ‘Stronger Together.’ The annual event brings together leaders from government and industry to help shape the priorities of Africa’s vital mining sector. Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema gave the keynote address: “Africa must change this narrative that the IMF [International Monetary Fund] will construct a program for us in our countries. We must construct the programs and ask the IMF to support us in our programmes.” South Africa’s Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, echoed the theme of putting Africa…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Heavy “automatic gunfire” rang out near the central prison in Guinea’s capital early on Tuesday in Kaloum, Conakry’s administrative centre where the presidential palace is located, witnesses told AFP. “I heard the sound of vehicles speeding by, I rushed to the window and heard automatic gunfire,” said Thierno Balde, an accountant who works in the neighbourhood, confirming similar statements by other witnesses. According to neighbours of the prison, the shooting began shortly before 9:00 am (local and GMT) and lasted just more than a half hour, with rapid gunfire ringing out. A security detail made…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP In a vibrant prelude to Carnival, followers of Afro-Brazilian religions performed a sweeping cleansing ritual at Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome on Saturday, invoking peace and ancestral protection for the festivities ahead. Dressed in traditional white, practitioners of Umbanda and Candomblé danced along the avenue, sweeping the ground with brooms made of rue, a plant believed to cleanse negative energy. Priest Alexandre Fernandes explained the intent: to prevent evil and negativity, ensuring a peaceful and joyful Carnival under ancestral protection. Teacher Leonardo Matos described the act as one of “purification” and “opening paths” for good energy.…
By Maame Tutua Dadson, Managing Partner at Stafford Law; and Amma A. Gyampo, Chief Executive Officer at Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association With over US$700 billion in domestic pension, insurance, and long-term savings, Africa has no shortage of capital. The real question is why so much of it sits in low-yield government instruments or flows offshore instead of being deployed to grow African enterprises, create jobs, and drive innovation. This question has become more urgent as global capital tightens. Development finance institutions are under pressure, aid budgets are shrinking, and foreign investors are becoming increasingly selective and risk-averse.…
By Africanews with AFP A medical student has died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a major university in Senegal, the government said on Tuesday. The death comes amid a difficult economic climate in the west African country, where students have protested the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years. Unrest broke out at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in the capital Dakar on Monday, according to a statement by a government spokeswoman, who said a second-year medical student, Abdoulaye Ba, died as a result. The university, which has tens of thousands…
As West Africa pushes to strengthen regional energy supply chains, Ghana is looking closer to home to meet its fuel needs. The country is moving to source refined petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, a shift that reflects both Ghana’s domestic capacity constraints and a broader continental effort to reduce reliance on fuel imports from outside Africa. This story is written and edited by Global South World Ghana has announced its intention to import petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery as it aims to address the country’s limited refining capacity. Speaking at the Nigerian International Energy Summit held…
Angola’s president and several African Union representatives Monday called for a ceasefire in the conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after meeting with DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Luanda. The resource-rich region, which borders Rwanda as well as Burundi, has been beset by decades of continual conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group. The conflict flared last year with the M23 seizing key cities and continuing attacks despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts, including a US-brokered peace deal signed in December and a parallel mediation effort by Qatar. In a statement Monday evening, Angolan President and AU chairperson João…
Amavi Sol presents “Íhúgbá,” a new Afro-soul single rooted in love, honesty, and emotional clarity. Calm and reflective in tone, the song explores love not as spectacle, but as something real, grounding, and life-affirming. Íhúgbá draws from the Igbo idea of pleasant turns and bright possibilities, and is inspired by the quiet beauty of finding a companion who feels like home. With warmth at its core and passion in its delivery, the song invites listeners to sit with feeling and bask in it. Blending soulful expression with gentle Afro-influenced rhythms, Íhúgbá creates a sound that feels intimate, human, and timeless. It is a record suited for…
A rubber boat carrying 55 passengers, including two babies, has overturned off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency says. The only survivors, two Nigerian women, were rescued by the Libyan authorities on Friday, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday. The boat was carrying migrants and refugees from various African countries, it said. The boat sank after taking on water approximately six hours after departing from the coastal city of al-Zawiya in north-western Libya. The IOM says that almost 500 migrants have been reported dead or missing trying the cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya so…
Imagine it is 2099 and the Transatlantic Returns Treaty is falling apart as Western museums find ways to wriggle out of promises to return stolen African treasures. Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters into her own hands. And the South African knows the perfect people to help: her grandchildren, Nomali and Trevor and her former student Etienne. In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan – to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts mostly plundered during colonial times. None of this is real -…