By Rédaction Africanews Three people were killed and four others injured when a minivan travelling through a national park in Uganda hit an elephant crossing the road. The crash occurred on Sunday evening within Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya…
By Sarah Miansoni with AFP Northern Rwanda continues to face repeated landslides and mudslides driven by heavy rainfall and fragile mountainous terrain. In March 2026, a mudslide hit the village of Vunga in Nyabihu District, causing widespread damage to homes…
By Rédaction Africanews Ethiopian opposition parties go into elections on June 1, facing threats, insurgencies, near-total state control of the media, and what they see as a pre-determined victory for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. When Abiy came to power in…
By Rédaction Africanews For 20 years, Millicent Turay has supported her family by collecting mangrove oysters near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, a common livelihood along the west African coast. But the activity, deeply rooted in local culture and which has…
By Rédaction Africanews Tuesday was the defense pleadings in the Libyan trial appeal in Paris, which will conclude on 27 May with the pleadings of the former president’s lawyers. T he ruling is due to be delivered on November 30.…
Senegal’s former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, who was dramatically sacked on Friday by the president, has been elected Speaker of the national parliament setting up a possible source of conflict at the top of Senegalese politics. The West African nation’s…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has started a legal challenge against a report commissioned by parliament that has paved the way for MPs to consider impeachment proceedings against him once again. In 2022, an independent panel said Ramaphosa might have…
Colombian mercenaries were recruited by a United Arab Emirates-based company and transited through Emirati military bases to support paramilitary troops who committed atrocities in Sudan, a leading rights organisation alleges. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the findings are further…
The Democratic Republic of Congo have asked Fifa to refund the cost of 2026 World Cup tickets bought by fans who are now unable to enter the United States because of Ebola-related travel restrictions. The Leopards are returning to football’s…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the country’s total to five since the outbreak was first discovered in the country on May 15. “Three new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)…
