By Rédaction Africanews with AP Three Libyan soldiers from the army of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes at the border with Niger, the force announced on Monday. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls eastern Libya and parts of the south, said it “mourns the death of three soldiers” during a “cowardly attack carried out by mercenary groups and outlaw terrorist gangs in the early hours of Saturday, January 31.” “Three simultaneous attacks” were launched against three checkpoints along the border between the two countries, the LNA said in a statement. Several other fighters were “wounded and…
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By Rédaction Africanews Nigeria’s armed forces said on Sunday that a key commander of the islamist organisation Boko Haram was killed in a night raid by the armed forces in Borno State. Abu Khalid was one of the key figures in the islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, which operates mainly in Nigeria’s north. The commander, reportedly the second-in-command for the group’s logistics and operations in Sambisa Forest in Borno State, was killed by a recent Nigerian military operation in the area, according to a statement by the armed forces on Sunday. Aside from Abu Khalid, ten Boko Haram militants also…
Families members and survivors mourn the victims of last week’s Rubaya coltan mine collapse. Kinshasa accuses M23 of illegally exploiting eastern Congo’s natural resources. Mourners gathered quietly in the courtyard of a modest home in Goma, eastern Congo on Monday. Family members sat shoulder to shoulder, some staring at their phones, others clutching photographs of Bosco Nguvumali Kalabosh. Kalabosh was among the victims of last week’s deadly collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine, where heavy rains triggered a landslide that crushed several hand-dug tunnels. At least 200 miners are believed to have died in one of the deadliest mining disasters…
By Rédaction Africanews Eight months after the death of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, on 5 June 2025 in South Africa, the question of where he will be buried remains unresolved, despite clear court rulings and growing public interest. In August 2025, the Pretoria High Court ruled that Lungu’s body must be returned to Zambia for a state funeral, rejecting his family’s wish to bury him in South Africa and later denying them leave to appeal, saying there was “no reasonable prospect of success.” South African judges said Zambian law applies because Lungu was only in the country temporarily for…
By Rédaction Africanews Domingos Simões Pereira and Fernando Dias were liberated last Friday after having been respectively detained and blocked in the Nigerian embassy for the past months. Now, the military authorities offered their movements seats in the government, but both opposition leaders refused. They would not “dirty their names”: Guinea-Bissau’s two main opposition leaders Domingos Simões Pereira and Fernando Dias have refused an offer from the military authorities, in charge of the country since a military coup last November, to join the ranks of the government. This follows Pereira’s release from prison on Friday, where he had been detained…
By Nathalie Wakam in Dubai Global crises are having a negative impact on international cooperation. That’s why there is an urgent need for inclusive forums to build stability and sustainably prosperity, says Mohammed Al Gergawi, president of the 2026 World Governments Summit opening on Tuesday in Dubai. For the next three days, more than 150 government delegations, world leaders and scientists will discuss ways to shape the future. The summit emphasises identifying innovative solutions to future challenges and empowering the next generation of governments to take action. But how can Africa succeed when its leaders are struggling to cope with…
Japan is facing the effects of unusually heavy snowfall, which has been linked to 30 deaths over the past two weeks, according to officials. In Aomori, images show a home badly damaged under the weight of the snow, and residents are struggling to move through streets lined with deep drifts. Some remote areas of Aomori still have up to 4.5 metres of snow on the ground. Authorities say a strong cold air mass along the Sea of Japan coast has brought far more snow than usual. Among the victims was a 91 year old woman found beneath a large pile…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies A federal judge in the United States has blocked an attempt by the administration to strip Haitians of their temporary protected status (TPS). The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the troubled island to live and work in the US. The ruling – though possibly temporary – has dealt President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda another legal setback. Washington district judge, Ana Reyes, granted the request to pause the termination of the TPS for Haitians, a day before it was set to lapse, while a lawsuit challenging it goes ahead. The administration has…
A fiery tweeter who is in charge of Uganda’s military, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is decried by his critics as being in the middle of an unholy trinity, or alliance, of three men who rule the East African nation with an iron fist. Kainerugaba, the son of the country’s long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, has posted on social platform X about the killing of opposition supporters during this month’s fiercely contested presidential election. In posts which were subsequently deleted, he also threatened to have the testicles of defeated opposition candidate Bobi Wine removed. With the 81-year-old president winning a seventh term, analysts…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue comedian Trevor Noah after he joked about Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at the Grammy Awards. Hosting the event, Noah said: “Song of the Year – that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.” Trump is known to have been an associate of Epstein for years, but says he had no knowledge of his crimes and that they fell out in about 2004. There are no suggestions…