By Africanews with Joel Kouam Niger is seeking to revive its uranium industry and attract new investment after increasing its stake in the Madaouela uranium project in the north of the country. Under a new mining agreement signed last week,…
By AFP and Reuters The European Union has pledged to release more than 710 million euros ($810m) to help people affected by crises, natural disasters or conflicts worldwide, particularly in Africa. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the…
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has announced that he is helping to fund a new $660m (£500m) fuel pipeline between Ethiopia and Djibouti The project will include a 120km- (75 mile-) pipeline connecting Djibouti’s Damerjog port to a distribution facility in…
By Al Jazeera Ethiopia’s federal military has said it is handling rising tensions in the country’s north with restraint, as fears grow that Ethiopia could be heading towards another civil war. In his first comments on the recent military developments,…
By Africanews with Michael Dibie A Nigerian advocacy group has called for increased support for childhood cancer awareness, stressing that early detection is critical to ending the disease’s toll on children. The Okapi Cancer Foundation made the appeal during a…
Police in South Africa have discovered another body in Ekurhuleni, to the east of Johannesburg, bringing the number of women found dead there in recent months to 10. The body was found on Saturday morning and was identified by the…
Bishop Raphael Bahebwa is in hiding, afraid he could be attacked for speaking out for the rights of foreigners in South Africa. “I am in hiding now because they say they are going to kill me for speaking about the…
By Agencies Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe are looking to the next government to tackle economic hardship and create more opportunities at home, as the small island nation faces a growing exodus of young people. As voters cast ballots…
Twenty-eight people have been killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, the latest gun violence to hit the country. Eighteen people were killed when eight gunmen stormed a bar close to Johannesburg on Saturday evening, with 14…
For the past nine months, Liberia has used its experiences of prolonged armed conflict to serve as a principled voice in United Nations debates about the humanitarian consequences of a number of the most intractable geopolitical crises – from Gaza…
