By Africanews with AP The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks. Festival organizers…
Fears are growing in opposition circles in Zimbabwe that the ruling Zanu-PF party is making a new grab for power as it presses ahead with constitutional amendments aimed at giving parliament – rather than voters – the right to elect…
Sixteen Cameroonians have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the BBC has confirmed after a foreign ministry source verified that a recently leaked diplomatic note circulating on social media about the deaths was authentic. The government has faced criticism…
Cameroon confirmed on Monday the death of 16 of its citizens involved alongside the Russian military in Ukraine. The Cameroonian ministry of external relations published a list of 16 names it had obtained through a verbal note from the Russian…
By Serge Patrick MANKOU As the war in the Middle East continues to spread uncertainty around the world, Donald Trump once again postponed his ultimatum to Iran. He gave Iranian authorities until Tuesday at 8 p.m. Washington time to open the…
By Rédaction Africanews As the war in the Middle East continues to drive up fuel prices, the Zambian government has called the current fuel supply situation an emergency. Although they are thousands of kilometres away from the front line, residents…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Egypt has released a well known-activist and leading member of the pro-democracy ‘April 6th’ rights movement that helped to prompt the nation’s uprising in 2011. According to his lawyer, Sherif Al-Rouby was among several activists…
Former Migos rapper Offset has been shot outside a casino in Florida, according to US media reports. The 34-year-old, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, is in a “stable” condition and being “closely monitored” in hospital, a spokesperson told…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, is stepping into a critical role as fuel and fertiliser shortages ripple across the continent amid disruptions linked to the Iran war. Speaking during a visit to the massive Lagos-based…
By Rédaction Africanews U.S. President Donald Trump has made another threat against Iran, as the U.S. and Israel press ahead with their campaign of air strikes across the country. On Monday, Trump warned that the entire country could be ‘taken…
