By Rédaction Africanews with AFP, AP A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told AFP. The herders were killed in an operation that also involved vigilantes from…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias, their lawyers told The Associated Press. The two women, Mariem Cheikh…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP World Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday attended the opening of a new Ebola treatment centre in the eastern Congolese city of Bunia. The provincial capital of Ituri is the epicentre of…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Counting is underway in Guinea after Sunday’s legislative and municipal elections. The vote marks a new step towards the return of democratic rule after the 2021 coup that brought President Mamadi Doumbouya to power. Seven…
By AFP Ethiopians went to the polls on Monday with the Prosperity Party (PP) of incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed set for a landslide win. In power since 2018, Abiy is criticised for growing authoritarianism and a crackdown on dissent, in…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP As the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues its fight against Ebola, women are on the front line. In the last outbreak, women accounted for two-thirds of cases due to their traditional role in many…
Meji Alabi has directed some of the biggest selling music artists on the planet: Beyoncé, Burna Boy, Davido and Stormzy. But nothing prepared the Grammy Award-winning director for his new documentary on Nigeria’s civil war. Warning: This article contains details…
South Africa’s sports minister has said his nation was “being made to look like fools” after its football team was delayed travelling to Mexico ahead of the World Cup due to visa issues. Gayton McKenzie demanded an explanation from South…
Makuochi Okafor A retired senior Nigerian military officer and his wife have been kidnapped by armed men in north-west Nigeria, the army has confirmed. Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who had a high-profile job as military spokesman between 2015 and 2017,…
Health authorities in Brazil are monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection in the country’s two biggest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. A man, 37, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) “exhibited symptoms such as…
