By Rédaction Africanews There were mixed reactions in Lagos on Monday after US President Donald Trump said he’d ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria, as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. Trump also warned that he “will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria.” The warning came after Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier on Saturday pushed back on Trump, announcing a day earlier that he was designating the West African country “a country of particular concern”…
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By Rédaction Africanews with agencies Guinea’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, will stand as a candidate in the country’s first presidential elections since he seized power in a coup in 2021. The general handed in his documents at the Supreme Court on Monday, the last day for submitting candidacy in the 28 December polls that are meant to restore constitutional order. Despite a promise when he seized power that he would not run, a new constitution submitted by the junta and approved in a September referendum opened the door for him to do so. The charter replaced arrangements agreed to after…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP A global hunger observatory on Monday confirmed famine conditions in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir which fell recently to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as well as in Kadugli, another besieged town in southern Sudan. The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has previously only confirmed famine in camps for displaced people around the North Darfur capital, al-Fashir. Thousands of civilians are continuing to flee the city to surrounding towns including Tawila, Melit, and Tawisha following its capture. They have described their harrowing experiences under the 18-month siege. Displaced person, Habib Allah Yakoub, said…
By Africanews with AP The government in Tanzania has warned people not to share photos and videos that may cause panic as the internet slowly returns after a six-day shutdown during deadly protests that began on election day. Mobile phone users received a text message on Monday night saying that sharing images that could cause panic or demean human life would lead to “treason charges.” The messages came shortly after the internet was reconnected, when people began sharing unverified images of bodies they claimed were victims of the election protests. A social media page that had been uploading videos and…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP There are mixed emotions from experts around the world as Brazil prepares to host the 30th edition of the United Nations climate summit in the city of Belém, the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. COP30 gets underway months after two-thirds of the 195 nations that signed the Paris Climate Agreement missed a deadline to publish their new climate plans. So, when talks begin in earnest on 10 November, climate experts, world leaders, and diplomats will be hoping for fewer promises and more action. Past pledges have fallen far short, and new plans submitted by 64…
Mali’s military junta is facing one of its gravest challenges yet as jihadist group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) tightens a blockade around the capital, Bamako. The al-Qaeda-linked group, once confined to the north, has recently expanded southward, cutting off key trade routes to Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire and crippling fuel, food, and education systems. Meanwhile, the Malian military, structured for conventional warfare, is overstretched and ill-equipped for this guerrilla conflict. Analysts say that corruption, poor intelligence, and overreliance on foreign partners such as Russia’s Wagner Group have also contributed to the military’s weak response. This situation underscores a painful paradox: increased…
By Rédaction Africanews Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Tuesday that state involvement in religious persecution was “impossible” in Nigeria under the country’s laws and constitution. He was responding to a question about U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of possible “fast” military action in Nigeria if it fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. Speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, Tuggar pointed to his country’s “constitutional commitment to religious freedom and rule of law.” “This is what shows that there can’t be a religious persecution that can be supported in any way, shape or…
Zimbabwe is reigniting its ambitious plan to replace the US dollar with its own local currency, the ZiG, by 2030. This renewed push aligns with a political shift that extends President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term, giving his administration more time to pursue this economic goal. The government argues that a successful switch would grant the central bank greater control over monetary policy, help curb inflation, and make local manufacturing more competitive. However, this is the nation’s sixth attempt to de-dollarize since 2009, and public skepticism runs deep. Despite being legally mandated, the ZiG is often shunned by locals and businesses, who prefer the…
By Rédaction Africanews Tanzanian authorities faced mounting concern over killings during and after last week’s election, with the largest opposition party charging on Tuesday that the security forces were secretly dumping the bodies of hundreds killed in the violence that shocked the region. Protests spread across the East African country in the aftermath of voting on Wednesday, continuing for several days as young people came into the streets of Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, and elsewhere to protest what they felt was not a free or fair election. Security agencies cracked down on protesters by firing live bullets and…
The Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSDEA) and the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at establishing the Angola Export and Trade Development Facility — a new vehicle designed to stimulate exports, attract regional capital, and strengthen Angola’s role in Africa’s trade and industrial transformation. More specifically, the MoU will enable the institutions to structure and operationalise the facility and mobilise investment, with fund management activities to be undertaken under TDB Group. The signing ceremony took place on the 28th of October during the Luanda Summit on Financing for Infrastructure Development in…