By Rédaction Africanews Ukraine has expressed interest in importing liquefied natural gas from Mozambique, as years of Russian attacks have strained its energy resources. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with his Mozambique counterpart Daniel Chapo on Monday. After the meeting, Zelensky wrote on X that Ukraine could help Mozambique counter “security challenges” in exchange for “gas supplies.” “Ukraine is interested in additional energy supplies. Mozambique is interested in Ukraine’s experience and technologies to strengthen its internal security and protect people from terror,” Zelensky wrote. Mozambique has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2017. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s domestic gas production covered almost all…
Author: Montage Africa
For Moses Itauma, success in the ring has come quickly. But for the heavyweight prodigy, who only turned 21 in December, the search for identity lasted longer. That is until a trip towards the end of last year to Nigeria, his father’s homeland, where he realised the importance of his African heritage. “This isn’t just my boxing, this is kind of my personal life,” he told BBC Sport Africa shortly after the visit to Akwa Ibom state in the south-east of the country. “Some of the questions that I want to be answered are in my dad’s village. Why am…
By Rédaction Africanews President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “top” and “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its power plants, saying it has an additional five days. “We have had very, very strong talks. We’ll see where they lead. We have points, major points of agreement. I would say almost all points of agreement,” Trump said, adding the talks went “perfectly.” Iranian state media cited Iranian…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Ghana is calling for global support at the United Nations for a draft resolution that would recognize the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The move is aimed at strengthening ongoing conversations around reparations and historical accountability. Speaking ahead of the proposal, Ghana’s Permanent Representative, Samuel Yao Kumah, urged member states to see the resolution as a step toward acknowledging the full scale and lasting impact of one of history’s most devastating systems. Kumah addressed concerns that such language could be interpreted as placing one atrocity above others. He rejected that view,…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Political tensions are rising in Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Tendai Biti has been granted bail after spending the weekend in detention. He was arrested near the Mozambique border alongside an activist, accused of holding a public meeting without notifying authorities. A court in Mutare released both on $500 bail, with orders to report to police every two weeks. But this case is part of a bigger story. Zimbabwe is facing growing unrest over proposed constitutional changes that could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule beyond 2028 and shift presidential elections from a public vote to parliament. Mnangagwa,…
By AFP A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89 others, the World Health Organization said Saturday, with 13 children counted among the dead. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the attack on Friday hit El-Daein Teaching Hospital in the state capital of East Darfur, adding that “enough blood has been spilled” and it was time to stop the nearly three-year conflict ravaging Sudan. The hospital “was struck, killing at least 64 people, including 13 children, two female nurses, one male doctor, and multiple patients,” he announced on X. Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers reported…
By AFP A jury has found Elon Musk liable for defrauding investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not “scheme” to mislead investors. The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X. Jurors were asked to decide if two tweets and comments Musk made on a podcast in May 2022 amounted to him intentionally…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Germany has temporarily withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Niger over concerns about the security situation in the country. Berlin cited fears that Western nationals are prime targets for kidnappings carried out by terrorist groups and criminal gangs. The United States ordered its own embassy staff to leave the country in late January. Monitoring groups say Islamic militant groups have deepened their presence in the border areas between Niger, Benin and Nigeria over the last year. Violent attacks are up by 80 percent and the number of deaths have tripled. Niger has been plagued by jihadist…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Chad is getting ready to deploy some 800 police officers to Haiti, Chadian officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity. They’ll join an international effort aimed at tackling widespread gang activity in the Caribbean nation. The United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force succeeds a smaller Kenyan-led mission that began operations in 2024. The multinational force is staffed by countries including Jamaica, Guatemala, and El Salvador. The GSF works with Haitian security forces and has the power to arrest and detain suspected gang members. It’s expected to reach its full capacity of more than 5,500 police and…
By AP Iran warned Monday it will strike electrical plants across the Middle East if US President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to bomb power stations in the Islamic Republic, and threatened to mine the “entire Persian Gulf” if invaded. The threat by Tehran puts at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, particularly as the desert nations commingle their power stations with desalination plants crucial for supplying drinking water. Following the threat, Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency published a list of such facilities, including the United Arab Emirates’ nuclear power plant. Over the…