By Agencies Congo-Brazzaville’s 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso says he is preparing the ground for a new generation of leaders as he seeks re-election in the March 15 presidential poll. In an interview in the southern city of Dolisie, Sassou…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Amid growing concern among European leaders about wavering US commitments to help defend the continent, France said it will increase the size of nuclear arsenal for the first time in decades. Speaking at a submarine…
By Africanews Large crowds of Iranian people gathered at Tehran’s Enqelab Square on Sunday morning to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Saturday. The Iranian government announced a 40-day mourning period after the…
US actor Michael B Jordan has scored a surprise win at the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving him a surge of momentum in the final weeks before the Oscars. He was named best actor…
Paul Battison Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei set a new course record with a commanding victory at the Tokyo Marathon. The 32-year-old finished in 2:14:29 – more than two minutes ahead of Ethiopia’s Bertukan Welde, who was second in 2:16:36. Welde’s Ethiopian…
At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed fighting in the war in Ukraine, with two others currently held as prisoners of war, Ghana’s foreign affairs minister says. On a trip to Kyiv, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said that about 272 Ghanaians…
By Africanews with AFP Belgium’s special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the “shadow fleet” Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday. The Belgian government said the “vessel…
By Africanews with AP The head of Haiti’s National Police told The Associated Press on Friday that authorities are still working on a plan to safely hold general elections this year as promised by the government despite persistent gang violence.…
By Africanews with Malaika Élysée For years, the Amani Festival has come to define Goma’s cultural scene. But not this year. The emblematic event has found a new, temporary home. Due to insecurity, the 11th edition of Amani festival will…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies The intensifying military action in the Middle East will have serious consequences for Africa, the West African economic community ECOWAS has said in a statement. ECOWAS joins the African Union in expressing deep concern over…
