By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Even as Sudan’s civil war continues, reconstruction is underway in the capital Khartoum where the army-backed government says it plans to return gradually. Many roads in the city have been cleared, rubble is being removed,…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP At a garbage dump in Khan Younis, many Palestinians use their bare hands to dig in search of plastic and paper to help start a fire to cook and keep warm in the bitter cold…
Military authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative elections for 6 December, despite calls for a swifter transition to civilian rule. Transitional President Horta N’Tam signed a decree on Wednesday after meeting members of the National Transitional Council,…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP As Sudan’s brutal internal conflict nears its third-year mark, humanitarian leaders at the World Economic Forum issued a stark warning: the world’s largest displacement crisis is being dangerously neglected, with millions facing famine and disease…
Mobile money agent Mirembe Tracy laments that her business in Uganda’s bustling capital Kampala was paralysed when the government shut the internet during last week’s fiercely contested general election. “All withdrawals were disconnected,” she tells the BBC, adding that she…
By AP Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk’s idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft. The spat between…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies After weeks of heavy rains, floodwaters in Mozambique’s Maputo province have submerged vast areas of land. Nationwide, more than 100 people have been killed since the rainy season began in October. Rosita Augusto, a resident…
By Rédaction Africanews South Africa’s Human Settlements Minister, Thembi Simelane, says the death toll from the recent floods in Limpopo and Mpumalanga has risen to 38, as government accelerates emergency housing support for affected communities. In a statement delivered on…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Tourism to Africa rose by 8 percent last year to 81 million visitors, United Nations Tourism said on Tuesday. The first World Tourism Barometer of the year found that Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and South Africa…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP A specialised police unit in Port-au-Prince came under attack on Monday as it patrolled the streets of the Haitian capital. Officers returned fire after suspected gang members threw molotov cocktails at the armoured car. The…
