Underground sounds will shape Nigerian mainstream culture in 2026, building on the momentum sparked by Rema’s genre-defying 2025 album, Heis. That shift gained fresh energy through platforms like Cruel Santino’s Underground All Stars showcase, which spotlighted a new wave of…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A French tourist, identified as Paul Ferreri, who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead “after a fall”, Chad’s tourism minister told AFP…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Mourners attended the funeral of one of the last leaders of Kenya’s Mau Mau resistance movement in Ngorika near the Aberdare mountains. Christopher Njora Muronyo died at the age of 106, still carrying three bullets…
The University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has approved the return of 116 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, marking another major step in the global push to repatriate looted African heritage. The artifacts, seized during the 1897 British invasion of Benin…
By Rédaction Africanews It’s another hurdle lowered for more Chinese-African trade: Beijing announced on Saturday that it would scrap tariffs for imports from 53 African countries. Eswatini is the only one not on the list as it maintains diplomatic relations…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP South Africa on Wednesday rolled out a 10‑year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle as a fast‑spreading foot‑and‑mouth outbreak hits herds and squeezes key export markets. The highly contagious viral infection, also known as…
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Eng. Mahmoud Esmat. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the President was briefed during the meeting on the Ministry…
By Alexis Caraco with AP Nepal marked Shivaratri on Sunday as crowds filled Kathmandu and queued for hours at Pashupatinath Temple. Tens of thousands came to pray, sing and dance in honour of Shiva. Although marijuana is banned most of…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies African Union leaders meeting at at a two-day summit in Addis Ababa have adopted a resolution that describes slavery, deportation and colonialism as genocide and crimes against the people of Africa. Chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf…
Each year, Ivrea becomes the stage for a ritualised street battle as the Battle of the Oranges takes over the town. Residents form foot teams, facing off against masked cart riders in a coordinated volley of citrus. The contest, both…
