A spectre is hanging over the Zambian election campaign in the shape of former President Edgar Lungu. Despite having died more than a year ago in South Africa, his body remains unburied amid a bitter dispute between President Hakainde Hichilema…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies The death of Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese man who died after being restrained by security guards in central Dublin, has sparked protests, international attention and renewed scrutiny of racism in Ireland. As investigations…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Campaign posters of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party line the road leading to his birth town of Beshasha where he is a local hero. He was born in 1976 into a modest family…
The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the…
By Rédaction Africanews The opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has named Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election, setting up a rematch of the three-way contest that defined the 2023 poll. Obi will again face Bola Tinubu…
By RFI The law on sexual rights and family values imposes a penalty of up to three years’ jail for people who engage in homosexual relations, and between three and five years for the promotion, sponsorship or intentional support of…
By BBC Africa The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a “deeply alarming” situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared by the…
By Rédaction Africanews French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and long-awaited move. The National Assembly unanimously voted to…
By Rédaction Africanews Morocco ranks first in industrial development, according to African Development Bank’s 2025 Index. Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa.…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP In Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, it is hard to tell an election will happen on Monday that will decide the next five years of Africa’s second most populous country. A few people can be spotted…
