http://www.africanews.com/feed/rssReceive free and in real-time all news published by africanews.com, by subscribing to our RSS feeds.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:07:31 +0000http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/simbu-wins-historic-photo-finish-to-claim-tanzanias-first-world-championship-gold/It was a finish for the ages in Tokyo. Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu edged out Germany’s Amanal Petros in a dramatic men's marathon at the World Championships winning by just 0.03 seconds after 42 grueling kilometres.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:07:31 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/simbu-wins-historic-photo-finish-to-claim-tanzanias-first-world-championship-gold/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/less-than-100-days-till-kick-off-in-afcon-morocco-2025/The countdown is on! Just 100 days remain until the 35th Africa Cup of Nations kicks off and this time, Morocco is set to host the continent’s biggest football spectacle, from December 21st, 2025 to January 18th, 2026.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:05:51 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/less-than-100-days-till-kick-off-in-afcon-morocco-2025/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/who-begins-ebola-vaccinations-in-drc-as-outbreak-spreads/The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of infected individuals in response to a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai Province.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:05:19 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/15/who-begins-ebola-vaccinations-in-drc-as-outbreak-spreads/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/catholic-faithful-gather-in-st-peters-square-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-of-pope-leo-xiv/It was a festive scene in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday as the Catholic faithful gathered to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pope Leo XIV.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:11:22 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/catholic-faithful-gather-in-st-peters-square-to-celebrate-70th-birthday-of-pope-leo-xiv/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/who-cholera-deaths-up-by-50-in-2024/Deaths from cholera rose by 50 percent globally in 2024 compared to theprevious year, the World Heath Organization said on Friday.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:10:23 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/who-cholera-deaths-up-by-50-in-2024/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/kenyas-peres-jepchirchir-pips-ethiopias-tigst-asset-to-gold-in-wca-womens-marathon-in-toky/Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir pips Ethiopia's Tigst Asset to gold in WCA Women's marathon in TokyoMon, 15 Sep 2025 07:28:13 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/kenyas-peres-jepchirchir-pips-ethiopias-tigst-asset-to-gold-in-wca-womens-marathon-in-toky/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/inflation-and-cost-of-living-top-the-agenda-ahead-of-general-election/Malawi will hold a presidential election on Tuesday as the African country continues to grapple with an economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:51:53 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/inflation-and-cost-of-living-top-the-agenda-ahead-of-general-election/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/nigerias-albinism-community-gets-its-first-beauty-queen-at-advocacy-pageant-in-lagos/Nigeria’s pageant industry has long celebrated conventional ideals of beauty. But here at the Albinism Advocacy Pageant in Lagos, the message is diversity and the goal to break the stigma surrounding albinism.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 09:29:21 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/nigerias-albinism-community-gets-its-first-beauty-queen-at-advocacy-pageant-in-lagos/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/flotilla-carrying-aid-and-activists-to-gaza-departs-tunisia/An international activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza left Tunisia on Saturday, after a stopover in the North African country marked by weather delays and suspected drone attacks.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:36:23 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/flotilla-carrying-aid-and-activists-to-gaza-departs-tunisia/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/us-president-trump-urges-all-nato-countries-to-stop-buying-oil-from-russia/US President Donald Trump has called on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil and place tariffs on China of up to 100 percent.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 06:43:13 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/14/us-president-trump-urges-all-nato-countries-to-stop-buying-oil-from-russia/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/burkina-faso-waives-entry-visa-fees-for-all-african-nationals/Burkina Faso is now free to visit for all African nationals. Ouagadougou says its waiving fees on entry visas for citizens of African countries.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:49:17 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/burkina-faso-waives-entry-visa-fees-for-all-african-nationals/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/un-general-assembly-overwhelmingly-backs-two-state-solution-to-israel-palestinian-conflic/The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The world body approved a non-binding resolution endorsing the so-called ‘New York Declaration’ by 142 votes in favor to 10 against. There were 12 abstentions.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:18:34 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/un-general-assembly-overwhelmingly-backs-two-state-solution-to-israel-palestinian-conflic/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/nigerian-chef-hilda-baci-cooks-worlds-largest-pot-of-jollof-rice/Nigerian celebrity chef Hilda Baci has added another culinary milestone to her record-breaking career, cooking what is believed to be the world’s largest pot of jollof rice.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:03:34 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/nigerian-chef-hilda-baci-cooks-worlds-largest-pot-of-jollof-rice/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/verdict-in-war-crimes-trial-of-ex-drc-president-joseph-kabila-delayed/Judges in the war crimes trial of former DRC president Joseph Kabila on Friday delayed their verdict in the case to consider new evidence.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:17:38 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/verdict-in-war-crimes-trial-of-ex-drc-president-joseph-kabila-delayed/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/brazilians-react-to-supreme-court-ruling-against-former-president-jair-bolsonaro/From street party's to sombre vigils, Brazil's top court ruling against former president Jair Bolsonaro drew various reactions across Brazilian cities on Friday.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:26:28 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/brazilians-react-to-supreme-court-ruling-against-former-president-jair-bolsonaro/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/top-un-court-rejects-request-by-equatorial-guinea-to-return-seized-paris-mansion/The UN’s top court has rejected a request by Equatorial Guinea to force the return of a Paris mansion seized by France as part of a corruption investigation into the son of the African nation’s president.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:10:39 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/top-un-court-rejects-request-by-equatorial-guinea-to-return-seized-paris-mansion/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/us-egypt-saudi-arabia-and-uae-put-forward-roadmap-for-peace-in-sudan/The United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have put forward a proposal for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, followed by a permanent ceasefire.Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:43:48 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/13/us-egypt-saudi-arabia-and-uae-put-forward-roadmap-for-peace-in-sudan/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/boat-capsizes-in-congo-killing-at-least-86-most-of-them-students/A motorized boat capsized in northwestern Congo’s Equateur Province, killing at least 86 people, state media reported FridayFri, 12 Sep 2025 19:42:45 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/boat-capsizes-in-congo-killing-at-least-86-most-of-them-students/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/concern-grows-for-safety-of-south-sudan-vice-president-facing-treason-charges/South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced Thursday that he suspended Riek Machar as the country's first vice president, effectively ending the transitional government of unity that forestalled a return to full-blown warFri, 12 Sep 2025 19:16:16 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/concern-grows-for-safety-of-south-sudan-vice-president-facing-treason-charges/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/benin-former-president-boni-yayi-rules-out-return-to-power/Speculation was rife in Benin that Yayi, who served as president between 2006 and 2016 was considering a run for the presidencyFri, 12 Sep 2025 19:01:10 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/benin-former-president-boni-yayi-rules-out-return-to-power/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/congo-health-officials-grapple-with-latest-ebola-outbreak/Health officials in Congo are doing their best to overcome a string of challenges, including a lack of funding, as they try to quell the latst ebola outbreak in the region. U.S. funding cuts have been a major concern.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:33:20 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/congo-health-officials-grapple-with-latest-ebola-outbreak/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-caught-says-trump/Kirk was killed by a single shot in what police said was a targeted attack and Utah’s governor called a political assassinationFri, 12 Sep 2025 16:17:01 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-caught-says-trump/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/malawi-farmers-turn-to-ai-to-boost-their-yields/In rural Malawi, farmers have been embracing new technology to increase their yields. Some 180,000 residents have been using an AI chat bot, which is backed by the government.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:23:48 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/malawi-farmers-turn-to-ai-to-boost-their-yields/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/african-business-world-prepares-for-fourth-edition-of-unstoppable-africa-summit/“Africa must not only adapt. It has to lead," United Nations Global Compact chief Sanda Ojiambo.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:26:49 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/african-business-world-prepares-for-fourth-edition-of-unstoppable-africa-summit/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/all-africans-can-now-travel-with-free-visas-to-burkina-faso-says-government/Burkina Faso's authorities have taken a step towards making the country more accessible for international travellers, abolishing fees for visas for all African citizens on 11 September.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:02:35 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/all-africans-can-now-travel-with-free-visas-to-burkina-faso-says-government/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/doll-museum-in-morocco-celebrates-culture-tradition/The World Dolls museum, officially named the "Poupées Du Monde" in French, is home to roughly 2,500 dollsFri, 12 Sep 2025 15:00:09 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/doll-museum-in-morocco-celebrates-culture-tradition/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/families-hold-vigil-in-nepal-as-death-toll-from-protests-rises/The grieving families of those killed during violent protests in Nepal gathered in Kathmandu on Thursday, lighting candles outside a hospital morgue and demanding justice and information about missing relatives.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:23:21 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/families-hold-vigil-in-nepal-as-death-toll-from-protests-rises/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/brazil-ex-president-jair-bolsonaro-sentenced-to-more-than-27-years-in-prison-for-coup-atte/A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found Bolsonaro guilty on five counts related to his attempt to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:20:49 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/brazil-ex-president-jair-bolsonaro-sentenced-to-more-than-27-years-in-prison-for-coup-atte/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/crowds-cheer-in-brasilia-after-bolsonaro-convicted-of-coup-attempt/Opponents of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro celebrated across Brasília on Thursday night after the Supreme Court sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:13:45 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/crowds-cheer-in-brasilia-after-bolsonaro-convicted-of-coup-attempt/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/world-anti-doping-agency-accuses-kenya-of-non-compliance/The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused Kenya of non-compliance. If Kenya' anti-doping agency fails to address irregularities, it risks repercussions, including losing financial backing from WADA.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:38:43 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/world-anti-doping-agency-accuses-kenya-of-non-compliance/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/rsf-lose-stronghold-city-bara-to-sudanese-army-and-allies/The defeat is a heavy blow for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which lost one of their strongholds and a strategic city, previously used for attacks on El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, to the Sudanese armed forces on Thursday.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:02:45 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/rsf-lose-stronghold-city-bara-to-sudanese-army-and-allies/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/eswatini-denies-agreement-to-receive-kilmar-abrego-garcia-as-us-deportee/The Trump administration said last week it would send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian national, to the African kingdom.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:53:29 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/eswatini-denies-agreement-to-receive-kilmar-abrego-garcia-as-us-deportee/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooting-witness-says-lack-of-security-at-the-event-troubled-him/The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public's help by releasing photos of the person they believe is responsible.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:02:24 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooting-witness-says-lack-of-security-at-the-event-troubled-him/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/husbands-can-now-take-wives-surnames-south-african-court-rules/South Africa's Constitutional Court has overturned a law considered a "colonial import", which previously barred men from taking their wives' surnames after marriage.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:56:28 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/husbands-can-now-take-wives-surnames-south-african-court-rules/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/university-of-the-philippines-students-protest-budget-cuts/Students from the University of the Philippines walked out of classes on Friday to protest against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s government, calling for transparency and accountability.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:46:36 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/university-of-the-philippines-students-protest-budget-cuts/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/south-africa-reopens-investigation-into-steve-bikos-after-48-years/Police officers killed the anti-apartheid activist while he was in detention in 1977.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:59:10 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/south-africa-reopens-investigation-into-steve-bikos-after-48-years/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/historic-vote-paves-the-way-for-chagos-islands-return-to-mauritius/The long-standing issue of the Chagos Islands has taken a significant turn this week, as the British House of Commons voted in favor of a bill supporting the retrocession of the archipelago to Mauritius.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:16:56 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/historic-vote-paves-the-way-for-chagos-islands-return-to-mauritius/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/clashes-erupt-in-quito-as-protesters-demand-president-noboas-resignation/Clashes broke out in Quito on Thursday as protesters rallied against President Daniel Noboa’s government, demanding his resignation over job cuts and wage reduction policies.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:17:16 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/clashes-erupt-in-quito-as-protesters-demand-president-noboas-resignation/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/solidarity-on-the-high-seas-italian-activists-join-global-flotilla-for-gaza/The Italian branch is expected to depart Syracuse join the main flotilla group, which left Barcelona and is currently in Tunisia, in its attempt to break the blockade and deliver aid to the embattled enclave.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:30:03 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/solidarity-on-the-high-seas-italian-activists-join-global-flotilla-for-gaza/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/ebola-cases-in-congo-rise-as-authorities-race-to-contain-spread-of-outbreak/The number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo's southern Kasai province have more than doubled in a week since a new outbreak was confirmed there, Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:19:21 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/12/ebola-cases-in-congo-rise-as-authorities-race-to-contain-spread-of-outbreak/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/south-sudan-charges-vice-president-machar-with-treason/South Sudan's first vice president Riek Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African country could be edging toward a return to civil war.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:58:33 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/south-sudan-charges-vice-president-machar-with-treason/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/barbadillo-the-prison-holding-three-former-presidents-of-peru/Presidents Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) are Barbadillo’s current dwellers. In total, five former leaders have spent time at the facilityFri, 12 Sep 2025 08:51:27 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/barbadillo-the-prison-holding-three-former-presidents-of-peru/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/a-new-whitney-houston-duet-how-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-was-made-with-late-star/The single is a duet between Calum Scott and the late Whitney Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” using Houston's original vocal stems.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:12:19 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/a-new-whitney-houston-duet-how-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-was-made-with-late-star/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/surge-in-kidnappings-for-ransom-threatens-future-of-humanitarian-work-in-south-sudan/Since the start of the year, more than 30 South Sudanese aid workers have been abducted, humanitarian officials say - more than double the number kidnapped in all of 2024. The worrying trend could make humanitarian work impossible in a country facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:14:31 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/surge-in-kidnappings-for-ransom-threatens-future-of-humanitarian-work-in-south-sudan/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/at-least-35-killed-in-israels-attacks-on-yemen/Most of those killed in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen were in Sanaa, the capital, where a military headquarters and a fuel station were hit, the health ministry said.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:54:07 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/at-least-35-killed-in-israels-attacks-on-yemen/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/giant-anteater-cub-makes-first-appearance-at-cologne-zoon/Cologne Zoo has just introduced to the world a giant anteater cub that was born on the 28th of August.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:31:19 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/giant-anteater-cub-makes-first-appearance-at-cologne-zoon/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/nearly-80-million-more-children-benefit-from-school-meals-wfp-says/The World Food Programme's Schools Meals Coalition works to ensure that "every child can receive a healthy, nutritious meal in school by 2030."Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:24:25 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/nearly-80-million-more-children-benefit-from-school-meals-wfp-says/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/nepali-army-lifts-curfew-as-it-tries-to-regain-control-after-protests/Nepal’s army briefly lifted a curfew in Kathmandu on Thursday as it tried to reassert control following two days of violent anti-government protests that left 30 dead.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:07:48 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/nepali-army-lifts-curfew-as-it-tries-to-regain-control-after-protests/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/pix-of-the-day-september-11-2025/Africanews takes a look at today's events through the lens of the most striking images in relation to the latest news.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:41:39 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/pix-of-the-day-september-11-2025/http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/25-of-recent-heat-waves-virtually-impossible-without-human-caused-climate-change-study-fin/Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday.Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:49:20 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/25-of-recent-heat-waves-virtually-impossible-without-human-caused-climate-change-study-fin/