By Africanews with AFP A bitter war of words has escalated further after Ethiopia ordered neighbouring Eritrea to “immediately withdraw its troops” from Ethiopian territory, with the pair seemingly inching towards a new conflict. Relations between the two Horn of…
Ebo Taylor, the Ghanaian guitarist, composer and band leader whose work helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians, has died at the age of 90, his family has announced. Born Deroy Taylor in the city of…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Police in Senegal say they have broken up a paedophile gang operating between France and the West African country. Investigators “carried out a major operation, dismantling a transnational organised criminal group,” the force said in…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies Turkey said on Thursday that it will reinforce its military presence in Somalia as Mogadishu faces a renewed surge in al-Shabaab terrorist attacks. Security officials said Ankara is expanding its air and ground units amid…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A global hunger monitoring group says famine is spreading in Sudan’s war-torn North Darfur state, impacting two more towns there. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative says the latest data shows “thresholds for…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has deployed an army battalion to Kwara State after gunmen killed as many as 162 people in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent months. The assault targeted Woro…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP They are accused of committing atrocities or fuelling Sudan’s brutal war through mercenaries and military supplies and now Britain is imposing sanctions on them Among the six targeted are senior commanders from both sides of…
By Nathalie Wakam In many parts of the world, access to education is still held back by poor internet connectivity and the lack of smartphones. To help close this gap, students Happy Niyorurema and Mame Niang from Texas Christian University have…
Dozens of people have been killed in a ferocious shooting attack on two villages in Nigeria’s western state of Kwara after they refused to “surrender to extremists who preached a strange doctrine”, according to the state’s governor. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq…
An unknown number of aid workers are missing after air strikes hit a hospital in South Sudan, near the Ethiopian border, a charity group says. The hospital, run by medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jonglei state, “was hit…
