http://www.africanews.com/feed/rssReceive free and in real-time all news published by africanews.com, by subscribing to our RSS feeds.Sat, 21 May 2022 16:42:06 +0000http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/50-couples-get-married-in-mass-wedding-ceremony-in-brazil/The Public Defender's Office of the state of Minas Gerais fulfills the dream of 50 couples in its fifth edition of community wedding in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The initiative is aimed at low-income couples, who cannot afford the cost of a private wedding.Sat, 21 May 2022 16:42:06 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/50-couples-get-married-in-mass-wedding-ceremony-in-brazil/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/guinea-alpha-conde-to-travel-once-again-for-medical-care/Former president Alpha Condé was granted a new stay abroad to seek medical treatment. The spokesperson for the CNRD, the body ruling the country, did not give details on the destination of the 84-year-old man. Some local news reports claim he flew out of Guinea on Saturday on board a Turkish plane.Sat, 21 May 2022 16:15:13 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/guinea-alpha-conde-to-travel-once-again-for-medical-care/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/massive-cotonou-mural-tells-benin-s-history/26 artists from Benin and abroad are taking part in the eighth edition of the Effet Graff, a graffiti festival. The colorful mural features different visual art forms with one goal: tells Benin's history, and one ambition set the record for the largest mural fresco in the world.Sat, 21 May 2022 15:02:32 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Lauriane Noelle Vofo Kana)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/massive-cotonou-mural-tells-benin-s-history/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/ronaldinho-visits-tunisia-to-promote-tourism/Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho arrived Thursday in Tunisia. He is on a mission with the Tunisian Tourism office to promote the country's rich attractions. Before Covid, the tourism sector accounted for more than 10% of the country's GDP. Sat, 21 May 2022 12:48:15 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/ronaldinho-visits-tunisia-to-promote-tourism/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/dakar-residents-react-to-nomination-of-french-education-minister/Many Senegalese have just heard of Pap Ndiaye, the new French Education, Youth and Sports Minister. In Dakar, the nomination Friday of the academic -born of French and Senegalese parents- was welcomed by some as a symbol of the countries proximity. Others didn’t see it as celebratory occasion.Sat, 21 May 2022 14:29:09 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/dakar-residents-react-to-nomination-of-french-education-minister/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/cop15-desertification-conference-ends-in-abidjan/The fifteenth session of the COP15 of the UN convention to fight desertification ended Friday in Abidjan with 38 decisions adopted to invest in land restoration and drought resilience.Sat, 21 May 2022 12:49:28 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Lauriane Noelle Vofo Kana)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/cop15-desertification-conference-ends-in-abidjan/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/cameroon-marks-50th-unity-day-anniversary-with-return-of-parade/Cameroon celebrated Friday the 50th memorial of its Unity Day. In a rare public appearance, 89-year-old President Paul Biya chaired the civil and military parade. Half a century ago, British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroons reunified to form the United Republic of Cameroon.Sat, 21 May 2022 16:09:37 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/21/cameroon-marks-50th-unity-day-anniversary-with-return-of-parade/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/thousands-take-part-in-cairo-marathon/Organizers said this year's marathon was held to raise awareness about depressionFri, 20 May 2022 19:22:18 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/thousands-take-part-in-cairo-marathon/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/residents-inspect-damage-after-huge-fire-in-manila/Hundreds of residents tried to salvage parts of their destroyed homes on Friday, a day after a massive fire engulfed a residential compound in Manila.Fri, 20 May 2022 18:15:03 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/residents-inspect-damage-after-huge-fire-in-manila/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/mali-foreign-minister-in-moscow-reiterates-things-have-changed-with-partners/Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop in Moscow, meets with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. The meeting comes after Mali ejected French troops from its territory earlier this monthFri, 20 May 2022 17:26:38 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/mali-foreign-minister-in-moscow-reiterates-things-have-changed-with-partners/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/african-scientists-surprised-by-spread-of-monkeypox-cases/Scientists who have followed the numerous monkeypox outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the recent spread of the disease to Europe and North America.Fri, 20 May 2022 17:00:39 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/african-scientists-surprised-by-spread-of-monkeypox-cases/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/20-million-farmers-in-africa-to-benefit-from-1-5-billion-emergency-food-facility/20 million farmers in Africa to benefit from $1.5 billion emergency food facilityFri, 20 May 2022 16:50:10 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/20-million-farmers-in-africa-to-benefit-from-1-5-billion-emergency-food-facility/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/kenya-bees-at-risk-from-pesticides-and-habitat-loss/In Kenya, environmental scientists are calling for a new multidisciplinary approach to protecting bees that involve farmers, beekeepers and environmentalists.Fri, 20 May 2022 16:38:33 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/kenya-bees-at-risk-from-pesticides-and-habitat-loss/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/minusma-cites-restrictions-on-movement-by-malian-army/The Malian army has prevented the United Nation's mission in Mali from patrolling Djenne, in the centre of the country, a hotbed of violence and jihadist activity.Fri, 20 May 2022 16:08:25 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/minusma-cites-restrictions-on-movement-by-malian-army/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/u-n-cutting-food-rations-in-sahel-amid-alarming-food-insecurity/Up to 18 million people in the Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months, the United Nations warned FridayFri, 20 May 2022 16:04:41 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/u-n-cutting-food-rations-in-sahel-amid-alarming-food-insecurity/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ivory-coast-marathon-aims-to-empower-women/"We have a partner who is doing recruitment and he will be doing recruitment on site during the marathon. And besides that, we have women leaders that we will honor. And these women are women who push other women to the top. During the marathon, we also do matchmaking." Danitza Tonga Fri, 20 May 2022 16:35:31 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ivory-coast-marathon-aims-to-empower-women/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/equatorial-guinea-hundreds-of-girls-hospitalised-after-being-vaccinated/Hundreds of school girls have been hospitalised after receiving the diphtheria-tetanus vaccine in Bata, the economic capital of Equatorial Guinea., health ministry announced on Thursday.Fri, 20 May 2022 16:36:23 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/equatorial-guinea-hundreds-of-girls-hospitalised-after-being-vaccinated/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ukrainian-woman-3-children-survive-house-bombing/The explosions started in the middle of the night, shaking the house to its foundations. Roof timbers splintered and windows shattered, sending shards of glass hurtling above the three sleeping children into the opposite wall.Fri, 20 May 2022 15:24:02 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ukrainian-woman-3-children-survive-house-bombing/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/imf-extends-aid-programme-for-somalia/The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to extend the duration of its financial aid programme to Somalia.Fri, 20 May 2022 15:08:11 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/imf-extends-aid-programme-for-somalia/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ndebele-culture-celebrated-in-esther-mahlangu-exhibition-in-johannesburg/Mahlangu's graphic art has enlivened jumbo jets, BMWs and large-scale public installations.Fri, 20 May 2022 15:15:00 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/ndebele-culture-celebrated-in-esther-mahlangu-exhibition-in-johannesburg/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/burundi-reforms-frustrated-by-hardliners-analysts/Two years after his election, President Evariste Ndayishimiye has been praised for pulling his country out of international isolation. But analysts argue there hasn't been much reform domesticallyFri, 20 May 2022 14:25:50 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/burundi-reforms-frustrated-by-hardliners-analysts/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/burkina-faso-11-soldiers-killed-in-latest-attack-in-the-east/The Burkinabe army has announced the death of 11 soldiers following an attack by suspected jihadists on a military detachment in eastern Burkina Faso.Fri, 20 May 2022 14:25:17 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/burkina-faso-11-soldiers-killed-in-latest-attack-in-the-east/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/humanitarian-and-security-situation-difficult-in-burkina-faso-ecowas/The humanitarian and security situation in Burkina Faso remains "difficult", experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday, calling for a "reasonable" transition schedule.Fri, 20 May 2022 14:03:08 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/humanitarian-and-security-situation-difficult-in-burkina-faso-ecowas/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/uk-rwanda-asylum-deal-first-batch-of-asylum-seekers-to-arrive-soon/UK-Rwanda asylum deal: First batch of asylum seekers to arrive soonFri, 20 May 2022 13:51:32 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/uk-rwanda-asylum-deal-first-batch-of-asylum-seekers-to-arrive-soon/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/goddesses-and-witches-celebrated-in-new-british-museum-show/Discover the many faces of feminine power and their seismic influence throughout time in the London museum's latest special exhibition.Fri, 20 May 2022 13:17:39 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/goddesses-and-witches-celebrated-in-new-british-museum-show/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/russian-hulk-sets-world-record-by-pulling-three-helicopters/The world record holder in towing multi-ton equipment, Sergey Agadzhanyan, nicknamed the "Russian Hulk", set a new world record on May 19, by towing three helicopters at the same time without the use of special devices such as ladders.Fri, 20 May 2022 13:12:03 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/russian-hulk-sets-world-record-by-pulling-three-helicopters/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/tunisia-three-migrants-dead-10-missing-in-shipwreck/Three migrants have been confirmed dead and ten others declared missing after their makeshift boat sank off the coast of east-central Tunisia, the National Guard said on Friday.Fri, 20 May 2022 12:53:24 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/tunisia-three-migrants-dead-10-missing-in-shipwreck/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/morocco-inaugurates-historic-jewish-cemetery-after-rehabilitation/The cemetery of Meknes is unique with tombs embedded in the historic wall. Its rehabilitation followed a directive by King Mohammed VIFri, 20 May 2022 12:46:42 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/morocco-inaugurates-historic-jewish-cemetery-after-rehabilitation/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/egypt-launches-national-climate-change-strategy-2050/The billion-dollar strategy includes adaptation and mitigation programs in all sectors until 2050Fri, 20 May 2022 10:39:11 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/egypt-launches-national-climate-change-strategy-2050/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/tunisia-beekeepers-abuzz-over-smart-device-that-gives-early-warning-system/"The information we get from this electronic device can let us choose the best hives we have, and from these hives we can perform selective breeding -- we can choose from the hives and produce queens so that our apiary has stronger queens that allow us to produc-e good hives."Elias Chebbi, beekeeperFri, 20 May 2022 12:57:44 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/tunisia-beekeepers-abuzz-over-smart-device-that-gives-early-warning-system/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/37-years-after-massacre-families-receive-remains/Almost four decades after one of the worst massacres in the country's history, Peruvian authorities handed over the bones of people killed by the army in 1985 during the Andean nation's internal conflict with rebel groups.Fri, 20 May 2022 10:33:03 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/37-years-after-massacre-families-receive-remains/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/we-called-her-roger-federer-how-ons-jabeur-made-her-mark-in-tunisia/Former coach and sparring partners remember the 12-year-old Jabeur, who this month surged to victory at the Madrid Open at the age of 27Fri, 20 May 2022 09:51:36 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/20/we-called-her-roger-federer-how-ons-jabeur-made-her-mark-in-tunisia/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/conflict-natural-disasters-displaced-nearly-60-million-in-2021-report/Sub-Saharan Africa was the region with the highest number of internal displacements (many people moving more than once), including more than five million in Ethiopia aloneThu, 19 May 2022 20:37:21 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/conflict-natural-disasters-displaced-nearly-60-million-in-2021-report/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/cannes-festival-tirailleurs-features-omar-sy/The story of a young Senegalese man captured in his village in 1917 to serve alongside the French in World War One has opened the 'Cannes Film Festival " Thu, 19 May 2022 19:59:25 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/cannes-festival-tirailleurs-features-omar-sy/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/south-africa-anger-over-racism-at-top-university/South Africa was embroiled in a new racial flareup on Monday after a white student was filmed urinating on a black student's books and laptop at Stellenbosch UniversityThu, 19 May 2022 19:23:52 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/south-africa-anger-over-racism-at-top-university/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/south-africa-puts-controversial-flag-project-on-hold-after-criticism/South Africa said Thursday it would review a decision to spend more than a million dollars on a flag project after public outrageThu, 19 May 2022 17:01:55 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/south-africa-puts-controversial-flag-project-on-hold-after-criticism/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/global-labour-boss-champions-social-protection-for-all-workers-business-africa/For ILO’s new boss, Gilbert F. Houngbo, social protection is the ultimate solution that can mitigate effects of crises that are often inescapable. Thu, 19 May 2022 16:46:40 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Afolake Oyinloye)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/global-labour-boss-champions-social-protection-for-all-workers-business-africa/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/mozambique-detects-polio-case-as-southern-africa-steps-up-immunization/Laboratory tests show that the newly confirmed case is linked to a strain that was circulating in Pakistan, as was the case in Malawi, the WHO said Thu, 19 May 2022 15:33:23 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/mozambique-detects-polio-case-as-southern-africa-steps-up-immunization/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/kidnappers-of-nigerian-college-students-arrested-one-year-later/The Nigerian police have arrested two men suspected of being behind the high-profile kidnapping of two dozen students in April 2021 in northwestern Nigeria, and the murder of five of them.Thu, 19 May 2022 15:10:36 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/kidnappers-of-nigerian-college-students-arrested-one-year-later/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/1-5-tonnes-of-elephant-ivory-seized-in-southeast-dr-congo/A shipment of one and a half tonnes of smuggled ivory was seized last weekend and three suspected traffickers were arrested in Lubumbashi, in the south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,Thu, 19 May 2022 14:23:28 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/1-5-tonnes-of-elephant-ivory-seized-in-southeast-dr-congo/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/senegal-police-investigates-homophobic-mob-attack/Videos circulating since Tuesday on social networks show a bloodied man being accosted by a crowd while hurling homophobic insults at him in a neighborhood of the capital Dakar Thu, 19 May 2022 13:58:26 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/senegal-police-investigates-homophobic-mob-attack/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/egypt-death-sentence-for-coptic-priest-s-killer/An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced to death a man accused of stabbing a Coptic priest to death in the coastal city of Alexandria in April, a court source said.Thu, 19 May 2022 13:53:04 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/egypt-death-sentence-for-coptic-priest-s-killer/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/feminist-groups-protest-against-femicides-in-mexico/Various feminist groups gathered in Mexico City's main square on Wednesday to protest against the murder of women in the country. Thu, 19 May 2022 12:45:04 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/feminist-groups-protest-against-femicides-in-mexico/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/un-urges-renewed-efforts-on-sahel-security/The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa told the Security Council that terrorism and insecurity continue to spread in the Sahel, devastating the lives of millions of peopleThu, 19 May 2022 12:26:09 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/un-urges-renewed-efforts-on-sahel-security/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/an-american-activist-has-been-carrying-his-rubbish-for-a-month/Rob Greenfield is proudly wearing rubbish, as part of a project to show how much rubbish we mindlessly throw away each month.Thu, 19 May 2022 12:30:05 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/an-american-activist-has-been-carrying-his-rubbish-for-a-month/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/gabon-s-aubameyang-retires-from-international-football/Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has retired from international soccer, Panthers coach Patrice Neveu confirmed the news.Thu, 19 May 2022 17:00:07 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/gabon-s-aubameyang-retires-from-international-football/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/ecowas-experts-in-burkina-to-assess-security-situation/A 16-member ECOWAS delegation has been in Ouagadougou since Tuesday, May 17 to continue its analysis of the national situation, government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said.Thu, 19 May 2022 11:56:14 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/ecowas-experts-in-burkina-to-assess-security-situation/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/car-new-un-rep-calls-for-readjustment-of-minusca-to-protect-civilians/For the first time, the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Central African Republic and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Valentine Rugwabiza, address a press conference in Bangui.Thu, 19 May 2022 11:33:51 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/car-new-un-rep-calls-for-readjustment-of-minusca-to-protect-civilians/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/teenage-pilot-on-solo-round-world-flight-arrives-kenya/"We are quite pleased to have him around. At his age, doing such a great task, it is inspiring for us, even as a school and we are able to motivate the young aviators we have, those who are training in different levels be it PPL (Private Pilot License), CPL (Commercial Pilot License) .." Thu, 19 May 2022 09:02:21 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/teenage-pilot-on-solo-round-world-flight-arrives-kenya/http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/togo-s-government-alleges-15-assailants-killed-during-last-week-s-attack/Around 15 assailants were killed during a "terrorist" attack last week in the north of Togo that also left eight soldiers dead, a minister said Wednesday.Thu, 19 May 2022 04:31:51 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2022/05/19/togo-s-government-alleges-15-assailants-killed-during-last-week-s-attack/