By Rédaction Africanews The opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has named Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election, setting up a rematch of the three-way contest that defined the 2023 poll. Obi will again face Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC). The former two-term governor of the south-eastern Anambra state was declared candidate by the relatively new NDC which officially registered in February. “No nation can thrive when citizens can no longer sleep with their eyes closed,” Obi said after accepting his nomination, referring to…
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By RFI The law on sexual rights and family values imposes a penalty of up to three years’ jail for people who engage in homosexual relations, and between three and five years for the promotion, sponsorship or intentional support of LGBT+ activities. The bill was passed unanimously by parliament in 2024 but former president Nana Akufo-Addo did not sign it. Under Ghana’s constitution, draft legislation not signed by the president before the end of a parliamentary term automatically lapses and must be passed again by the new parliament. The law approved Friday retains the previous bill’s core provisions but includes exemptions. For…
By BBC Africa The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a “deeply alarming” situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), MSF deputy director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had “so many cases” been recorded so soon. His comments came as WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the eastern Congolese province of Ituri – the worst-hit area – to oversee virus containment efforts. There are now more than 1,000 suspected Ebola cases in the DR…
By Rédaction Africanews French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and long-awaited move. The National Assembly unanimously voted to approve the bill repealing the “Code Noir,” or Black Code. In 1685, King Louis XIV passed the so called “Black Code”, legislation meant to regulate the conditions of slavery in French colonies, including life, death, purchase, religion, and treatment of slaves by their ‘masters’. It legalized the brutal treatment of slaves and foresaw capital punishment for offences including striking a…
By Rédaction Africanews Morocco ranks first in industrial development, according to African Development Bank’s 2025 Index. Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa. The African Development Bank’s 2025 Index rated industrial development across the continent’s 54 countries between 2010 and 2024. The Index attributes Morocco’s success to “sustained industrial upgrading, export diversification, and strong industrial policy.” The kingdom is also Africa’s leading car manufacturer – with a Renault plant in Tangier and Stellanis plant in Kenitra – and the automotive sector now one of its…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP In Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, it is hard to tell an election will happen on Monday that will decide the next five years of Africa’s second most populous country. A few people can be spotted wearing T-shirts with the wheat symbol of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party (PP), but there are no election posters anywhere. The party held its only major campaign rally in the capital on Tuesday. It was over by 8:00 am and Abiy, who has ruled since 2018, did not appear. Few doubt he will cruise back to power with a…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Thousands of Muslim pilgrims continued Thursday to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On the second day of Eid al-Adha, pilgrims prayed at dawn and circled the cube-shaped structure of the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba, which lies at the center of Mecca’s grand mosque. Pilgrims also visited the sprawling Jamarat complex in Mina. Chanting “Allahu akbar,” or “God is the greatest,” they throw pebbles at a pillar in the ritual seen as a symbolic stoning of the devil. The act is also seen as rejecting evil and a commemoration…
By AFP With parts of Northern Europe experiencing sweltering May temperatures, scientists are warning that it’s only going to get worse. Parts of Northern Europe have been basking in unseasonable spring heat this week. A new report by World Meteorological Organization suggests this may soon be the norm. The report authored by the WMO and UK Met Office predicts global temperatures over the next five years. Now the new United Nations climate projections forecast a high likelihood of more speeded-up warming through to 2030, with Earth smashing its record for the hottest year and regularly surging past the international climate…
By Rédaction Africanews The president of Senegal has pardoned a journalist convicted to life in prison over a 2018 massacre in the southern Casamance region, the Committee to Protect Journalists watchdog said in a statement. Journalist Rene Capain Bassene was convicted over the rounding up and killing of 14 loggers in January 2018 by armed individuals in the Bayottes forest in Casamance. The region is almost entirely separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, and is home to an independence rebellion that has simmered for 43 years. “The Senegalese president has sought to correct a grave miscarriage of…
A flight carrying nearly 300 Ghanaians, repatriated from South Africa amid fears there could be a resurgence of xenophobic violence there, has landed in Ghana’s capital city, Accra. Ghana’s government chartered a flight from Johannesburg following a wave of protests against illegal immigration in South Africa. Further departures are expected in the coming days – roughly 800 Ghanaians registered for repatriation. The country’s foreign minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, joined other officials at the airport in Accra on Wednesday in order to welcome the first set of arrivals. A total of 297 Ghanaian citizens arrived on Wednesday, Ghana’s High Commissioner in…