By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Heavy “automatic gunfire” rang out near the central prison in Guinea’s capital early on Tuesday in Kaloum, Conakry’s administrative centre where the presidential palace is located, witnesses told AFP. “I heard the sound of vehicles…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP In a vibrant prelude to Carnival, followers of Afro-Brazilian religions performed a sweeping cleansing ritual at Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome on Saturday, invoking peace and ancestral protection for the festivities ahead. Dressed in traditional white,…
By Maame Tutua Dadson, Managing Partner at Stafford Law; and Amma A. Gyampo, Chief Executive Officer at Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association With over US$700 billion in domestic pension, insurance, and long-term savings, Africa has no shortage of…
By Africanews with AFP A medical student has died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a major university in Senegal, the government said on Tuesday. The death comes amid a difficult economic climate…
As West Africa pushes to strengthen regional energy supply chains, Ghana is looking closer to home to meet its fuel needs. The country is moving to source refined petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, a shift that reflects both…
Angola’s president and several African Union representatives Monday called for a ceasefire in the conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after meeting with DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Luanda. The resource-rich region, which borders Rwanda as well as Burundi,…
Amavi Sol presents “Íhúgbá,” a new Afro-soul single rooted in love, honesty, and emotional clarity. Calm and reflective in tone, the song explores love not as spectacle, but as something real, grounding, and life-affirming. Íhúgbá draws from the Igbo idea of pleasant turns and…
A rubber boat carrying 55 passengers, including two babies, has overturned off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency says. The only survivors, two Nigerian women, were rescued by the Libyan authorities on Friday, the International Organisation for Migration…
Imagine it is 2099 and the Transatlantic Returns Treaty is falling apart as Western museums find ways to wriggle out of promises to return stolen African treasures. Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters…
Madagascar’s military government has criticised Eswatini for hosting ousted President Andry Rajoelina last week, describing the visit as a “grave infringement of its sovereignty”. Last Friday, the Eswatini government shared photos of King Mswati III meeting Rajoelina, during which the…
