A drone attack by Sudan’s paramilitary forces has killed 41 people in the country’s Blue Nile region bordering Ethiopia, a rights group has said. The strike by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted a camp for displaced people in the…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP and AP Eritrea on Saturday asked the United Nations to take “deterrent measures” after what it described as Ethiopia’s “declaration of war” in the conflict over the Tigray region. In a letter to the UN,…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Passengers arrived at Ethiopia’s Mekelle airport on Sunday for the first time in almost three weeks. Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to the capital of the northern Tigray region after the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Algerian authorities say they arrested 61 Moroccan nationals earlier this month on suspicion of planning “acts of sabotage.” In a statement on Sunday, Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security said the suspects were part of…
By Prosper Heri Ngorora The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to another health zone in the east, while a fatal imported case in Kenya has underscored the risk of cross-border transmission. The World…
By AFP and Reuters Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has won his first marathon in three years, with the Kenyan great cruising to victory in Melbourne, Australia. The most decorated marathoner in history crossed the finish line in 2 hours,…
At least 139 migrants including 15 children have died and dozens more are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration office has said. The boat had been travelling from Djibouti to Yemen with…
Naomi Clarke Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr has already broken numerous records, and her NFL half-time performance this weekend is set to level up her list again. The Nigerian star will become the first African artist to headline one of the…
By MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR and OMAR FARUK For three days, Halima Abdullahi Ibrahim carried her 3-year-old daughter from their village in Somalia to a hospital nearly 90 kilometers (56 miles) away. The girl’s body was swelling and she needed medical…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Morocco’s legal system is back in motion but tensions between lawyers and the government remain high. After more than four months of striking, Morocco’s 19,000 lawyers have resumed work, temporarily suspending their protest against a…
