Mr. Barry Faure, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Seychelles, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on February 11th at the African Union Headquarters. The Chairperson of the…
More than 6,000 people were killed in just three days when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city of el-Fasher last year, according to victims and witnesses cited in a UN report. “It was like a scene out…
Europe has taken its first concrete step into Namibia’s emerging lithium sector in a move that could have a significant impact on the global battery race. The European Investment Bank signed a cooperation agreement with Andrada Mining, committing up to…
African governments are turning to technology to solve a massive tax problem. With foreign aid drying up, nations are scrambling to generate revenue from their own economies but roughly 85% of workers operate in the informal sector, making traditional tax…
By AFP Local fisherman Abubakar Usman’s 59-kilogramme monster catch was the major highlight of the UNESCO-listed Argungu fishing festival, which returned Saturday after a six-year hiatus because of the insecurity in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state. Thousands of people, including a…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP After a French tourist was found dead on Friday during a group visit to Chad for the International Festival of Saharan Cultures, the tourist group has now arrived at the military airbase of N’Djamena to…
By Rédaction Africanews Former US president Barack Obama has reacted to a racist AI-generated video depicting himself and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video was shared by current US president Donald Trump, who claimed that he had not…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Motorcycle-riding gunmen swept into three villages in Niger state in Nigeria, shooting dead or cutting the throats of at least 46 people, a humanitarian source told AFP on Saturday. The violence again threw the spotlight…
By Rédaction Africanews Ghana says it plans to seek the extradition of a Russian national accused of secretly filming intimate encounters with several women and posting the footage online without their permission. The man, described in African and Russian media…
State media showed Kim Jong Un touring Saeppyol Street with his daughter, meeting relatives and promising to honour what he called young martyrs. The images cannot be independently verified, a common limit with official reporting. In recent months, the government…
