Who was Felicien Kabuga? The fugitive financier of genocide

5 months ago

By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994…

Ethiopia bets on Dangote fertiliser plant to boost food security

5 months ago

By Rédaction Africanews Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote visited Ethiopia over the weekend as part of efforts to deepen the group’s…

President Guelleh names new 26-member cabinet including 8 women

5 months ago

By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Djibouti has unveiled its first government since the re-election of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, with…

Uganda enacts new law to protect sovereignty despite opposition

5 months ago

By Rédaction Africanews Uganda's president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has signed into law forbiding foreign interference in the country despite warnings…

Senior IS leader killed in joint operation, US and Nigeria say

5 months ago

Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki…

Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria

5 months ago

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents…

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergency

5 months ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency…

From escaping child marriage ‘to an old pervert’ to becoming Sierra Leone’s first lady

5 months ago

It takes Fatima Bio only a moment to respond when we ask what it was like to be an asylum…

Strike over high fuel prices paralyses transport in Kenya

5 months ago

Thousands of Kenyan commuters have been stranded and businesses paralysed as public transport operators went on a nationwide strike to…

Syrian Foreign Minister makes first visit to Morocco since Assad’s fall

6 months ago

By Rédaction Africanews and AP Morocco and Syria have taken a major step toward restoring relations, as Syrian Foreign Minister…