By Rédaction Africanews and AP At least 82 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, with dozens more injured and others feared trapped beneath the rubble. Rescue teams and fellow miners worked through…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn from public engagements after returning from the BRICS summit in India, his office said on Wednesday, citing ill health. His absence comes as Deputy President Paul Mashatile continues…
Tributes are pouring in for a veteran South African sports broadcaster who was found dead on Wednesday hours after being abducted when his vehicle was hijacked in a township near Johannesburg. Owen Ndlovu, a former presenter with the country’s public…
The decision to award the 2029 World Athletics Championships to Nairobi has prompted an outpouring of celebration across Africa. Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie, a two-time Olympic 10,000m champion, congratulated the whole continent on the “wonderful news” following the announcement by…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP The discovery of the bodies of nine women near Johannesburg in the last two months has sent shock waves around South Africa and highlighted the scourge of femicide and high levels of violent crime. The…
By Africanews with AP The Ebola Treatment Center in Beni, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, opened its doors Wednesday to the members of the Motorcycle Taxi Drivers’ Association Platform. The goal was to…
Olu Jacobs, one of Nigeria’s best known actors, whose career spanned several decades across theatre, television and film, has died at the age of 84. His wife, veteran actress Joke Silva, announced his death and asked for privacy while the…
By Agencies Guinea’s media regulator has issued a formal warning to French broadcaster France 24, accusing it of using an inappropriate term to describe President Mamady Doumbouya. The High Authority for Communication said the channel had “deliberately” referred to Doumbouya…
By Africanews with AP As Ebola threatens parts of Africa, the Federation of West African Medical Laboratory Science opened its first conference Wednesday, in Lomé, Togo, to discuss the challenges posed by epidemics in Africa. Over the course of…
Police in South Africa have confirmed the discovery of a ninth woman’s body in just two months, amid growing concern over a string of unexplained deaths east of Johannesburg. The latest victim was found half-naked and wrapped in a…
