http://www.africanews.com/feed/rss?themes=newsReceive free and in real-time all news published by africanews.com, by subscribing to our RSS feeds.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:57:04 +0000http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/03/un-desertification-summit-opens-in-riyadh/Speakers at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification's COP16 which is taking place in Saudi Arabia warned that action needed to be taken to protect life on Earth.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:57:04 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/03/un-desertification-summit-opens-in-riyadh/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/03/kenya-approves-roll-out-of-vaginal-ring-to-protect-women-against-hiv-infections/Women using the ring have praised its effectiveness, saying they prefer it to daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:06:14 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/03/kenya-approves-roll-out-of-vaginal-ring-to-protect-women-against-hiv-infections/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/film-directors-gather-to-celebrate-the-21st-marrakech-international-film-festival/A lineup of filmmakers, including Sean Penn, Tim Burton, Alfonso Cuaron, Justine Triet, Ava DuVernay and David Cronenberg attend the Marrakech Film Festival and take part in conversations in front of audiencesMon, 02 Dec 2024 19:51:23 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/film-directors-gather-to-celebrate-the-21st-marrakech-international-film-festival/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/biden-arrives-in-angola-for-his-long-awaited-sub-saharan-africa-visit/In Angola, Biden will announce new developments on health, agribusiness, security cooperation as well as the Lobito Corridor, White House officials said.Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:48:40 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/biden-arrives-in-angola-for-his-long-awaited-sub-saharan-africa-visit/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/kenyas-yegon-and-ethiopias-jifar-win-marathon-in-singapore/Kenyan Geoffrey Yegon and Fantu Zewude Jifar of Ethiopia claim Singapore marathon victories, as the race draws over 55,000 runners across five race categoriesMon, 02 Dec 2024 17:30:06 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/kenyas-yegon-and-ethiopias-jifar-win-marathon-in-singapore/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/will-bidens-visit-to-africa-align-with-trumps-vision/President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in Zambia, Congo and AngolaMon, 02 Dec 2024 15:25:30 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/will-bidens-visit-to-africa-align-with-trumps-vision/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/icj-begins-hearings-in-landmark-climate-change-case/The International Court of Justice began hearings on Monday to examine what countries worldwide are legally required to fight climate change and help vulnerable countriesMon, 02 Dec 2024 16:43:14 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/icj-begins-hearings-in-landmark-climate-change-case/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/drone-strikes-by-malis-military-regime-kill-8-tuareg-leaders-in-the-countrys-north/“Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on December 1, 2024, in Tinzaouatine, near the Algerian border,” sMon, 02 Dec 2024 12:47:00 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/drone-strikes-by-malis-military-regime-kill-8-tuareg-leaders-in-the-countrys-north/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/negotiators-in-south-korea-fail-to-clinch-agreement-addressing-plastic-polliution/Negotiators in Busan, South Korea, have failed to reach their goal of finalising a treaty addressing the worldwide crisis of plastic pollution. Some, including delegations from Africa, argued the treaty was too watered down. They have agreed to resume talks next year.Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:03:46 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/02/negotiators-in-south-korea-fail-to-clinch-agreement-addressing-plastic-polliution/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/syria-launches-counterattacks-to-halt-insurgents-advance/The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements and struck Idlib city Sunday to push back insurgents from advancing farther after seizing Aleppo and surrounding strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.Mon, 02 Dec 2024 10:03:07 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/syria-launches-counterattacks-to-halt-insurgents-advance/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/senegal-demands-answers-as-it-remembers-a-french-colonial-massacre/Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the second World War were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after they demanded their unpaid wages. The French accused them of staging a mutinySun, 01 Dec 2024 15:37:18 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/senegal-demands-answers-as-it-remembers-a-french-colonial-massacre/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/kenya-children-left-behind-by-british-soldiers-struggle-to-find-identity/Biracial children from Kenyan women and visiting British soldiers on training have long lived uncomfortable lives in Kenya. Now a local lawyer is taking some of the children to Britain to confront authorities over hundreds of such cases reported over the yearsSun, 01 Dec 2024 12:03:38 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/kenya-children-left-behind-by-british-soldiers-struggle-to-find-identity/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/namibia-opposition-candidate-furious-after-voting-is-prolonged-for-days/Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) trailing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate. Scheduled for Wednesday, the vote went on until Saturday due to logistical and technical hitchesSun, 01 Dec 2024 10:38:02 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/namibia-opposition-candidate-furious-after-voting-is-prolonged-for-days/http://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/ivory-coast-gbagbos-ex-wife-to-run-for-president/Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a congress in her native town of Moossou in Iv ory Coast's southeastSun, 01 Dec 2024 09:24:27 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/12/01/ivory-coast-gbagbos-ex-wife-to-run-for-president/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/lebanon-clean-up-operations-start-in-city-of-nabatiyeh-as-residents-return/Intense Israeli airstrikes over the past two months leveled entire neighborhoods in eastern and southern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut, which are predominantly Shiite areas of Lebanon where Hezbollah has a strong base of supportSat, 30 Nov 2024 14:51:04 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/lebanon-clean-up-operations-start-in-city-of-nabatiyeh-as-residents-return/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/mauritius-prime-minister-wants-chagos-islands-deal-with-uk-reviewed/Under the deal which is yet to be signed, the UK would surrender the Islands to Mauritius but keep Diego Garcia which houses a major base for US and UK troopsSat, 30 Nov 2024 12:28:17 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/mauritius-prime-minister-wants-chagos-islands-deal-with-uk-reviewed/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/delivery-startup-makes-black-friday-possible-for-favelas-in-sao-paulo/Favela Brasil XPress began modestly in 2020, aiming to meet the needs of residents who constantly had their deliveries denied by companies. Many areas were controlled by drug dealers, and they featured very narrow streets and mixed-up addressesSat, 30 Nov 2024 11:05:54 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/delivery-startup-makes-black-friday-possible-for-favelas-in-sao-paulo/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/angola-railway-strategically-key-to-us-economy-analyst/Supported by the US and the EU, the Lobito Atlantic Railway is being touted as a key shipping route for copper and cobalt ore critical to the energy transition - from Zambia and DRC for export to western marketsSat, 30 Nov 2024 10:11:01 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/30/angola-railway-strategically-key-to-us-economy-analyst/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/death-toll-in-uganda-landslides-rises-to-20-as-search-continues/More bodies buried under the mud were retrieved in eastern Uganda on Friday and an injured person died in a hospital, bringing the death toll from this week's landslides to 20, officials said as search efforts pressed on in the stricken area.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:51:19 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/death-toll-in-uganda-landslides-rises-to-20-as-search-continues/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/doctors-without-borders-reports-armed-men-threatened-migrants-in-mediterranean-rescue/Doctors Without Borders says that armed men threatened some 112 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, then sped away with women and children while dozens of men and boys jumped into the sea.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:59:18 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/doctors-without-borders-reports-armed-men-threatened-migrants-in-mediterranean-rescue/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/palestinian-children-line-up-in-gaza-strip-hoping-to-be-distributed-a-warm-meal/Displaced Palestinians queued up with empty pots to receive cooked food from a charity-run kitchen in the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah on Thursday.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:07:18 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/palestinian-children-line-up-in-gaza-strip-hoping-to-be-distributed-a-warm-meal/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/cute-animals-feast-on-thanksgiving-treats-at-oregon-zoo/Animals at the Oregon Zoo celebrated Thanksgiving in style on Thursday, enjoying festive treats prepared by their keepers.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:00:06 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Alexis Caraco)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/cute-animals-feast-on-thanksgiving-treats-at-oregon-zoo/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/insurgents-breach-syrias-second-largest-city-aleppo-in-shock-offensive/Thousands of insurgents continued their advance on Friday toward Aleppo city, seizing several towns and villages along the way.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:15:04 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/insurgents-breach-syrias-second-largest-city-aleppo-in-shock-offensive/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/at-least-100-people-missing-after-a-boat-capsized-in-northern-nigeria/Authorities have not confirmed what caused the sinking. However, local media reported that the boat was carrying more than 200 passengers, suggesting it might have been overloaded.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:06:23 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/at-least-100-people-missing-after-a-boat-capsized-in-northern-nigeria/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/marrakech-film-festival-opens-in-morocco-with-the-order/One of the Middle East and North Africa's largest film festivals opened Friday in Morocco, drawing actors and directors from throughout the world to present 70 features from 32 countries.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:56:05 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/marrakech-film-festival-opens-in-morocco-with-the-order/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/muddy-footprints-reveal-early-human-neighbors-in-kenya/The footprints were left in the mud by two different species “within a matter of hours, or at most days,” said palaeontologist Louise Leakey, co-author of the research published Thursday in the journal Science.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:28:24 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/muddy-footprints-reveal-early-human-neighbors-in-kenya/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/chads-government-ends-defense-cooperation-agreement-with-france/Chad's government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation's sovereignty.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:36:15 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/chads-government-ends-defense-cooperation-agreement-with-france/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/drc-seth-kikuni-sentenced-for-inciting-civil-disobedience/A Congolese opposition politician has been sentenced to one year in prison for inciting civil disobedience in what his political party described as a "blatant attempt" by the government to silence its critics.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:05:24 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/drc-seth-kikuni-sentenced-for-inciting-civil-disobedience/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/moroccan-international-folkdance-festival-celebrates-cultural-diversity/The 13th International Entrerritmos for Folk Dance Festival brought together dance groups from 11 countries.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:53:06 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/moroccan-international-folkdance-festival-celebrates-cultural-diversity/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/coral-reefs-at-risk-urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-collapse/The study, published in Science, analyzed coral populations in Palau's reefs and modeled their responses under various climate scenariosFri, 29 Nov 2024 12:16:11 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Afolake Oyinloye)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/coral-reefs-at-risk-urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-collapse/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/uk-to-change-immigration-system-reduce-hiring-overseas-labour/The recently elected Prime minister Keir Starmer said Thursday (Nov. 29) he will target sectors that are over reliant on immigration to reform the points-based system.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:11:46 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/uk-to-change-immigration-system-reduce-hiring-overseas-labour/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/zimbabwe-farmers-turn-to-maggot-breeding-to-survive-the-drought/After harvesting the insects, farmers turn them into protein-rich feed for their chickens and as garden manure.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:34:38 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/zimbabwe-farmers-turn-to-maggot-breeding-to-survive-the-drought/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/frances-macron-calls-1944-killings-of-west-african-troops-by-french-a-massacre/Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said he received Emmanuel Macron's letter. In an interview aired on Thursday (Nov. 28) Faye said Macron's step should “open the door” so that the "whole truth about this painful event of Thiaroye” can finally come out.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:03:02 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/29/frances-macron-calls-1944-killings-of-west-african-troops-by-french-a-massacre/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/nigeria-seeks-to-boost-economic-ties-with-france-as-tinubu-visits-paris/For the first time in 24 years, a Nigerian President began a state visit to France on Thursday to boost economic ties and attract foreign investments.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:48:58 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/nigeria-seeks-to-boost-economic-ties-with-france-as-tinubu-visits-paris/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/amnesty-international-condemns-deadly-police-crackdown-in-nigeria/In a report released Thursday, the group revealed that police killed at least 24 people between August 1 and 10 in six states: Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, and Niger.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:51:20 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/amnesty-international-condemns-deadly-police-crackdown-in-nigeria/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/dozens-killed-after-landslides-bury-40-homes-in-eastern-uganda/At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda, police said Thursday.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:40:48 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/dozens-killed-after-landslides-bury-40-homes-in-eastern-uganda/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/prince-johnson-liberian-ex-warlord-turned-senator-dies-aged-72/Prince Johnson, a former Liberian warlord who later became an influential senator, has died at the age of 72. Johnson was a prominent militia leader in Liberia's civil wars from 1989 to 2003.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:34:19 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/prince-johnson-liberian-ex-warlord-turned-senator-dies-aged-72/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/uk-us-demand-mozambiques-government-to-investigate-deaths-in-post-election-protests/The UK and US are among several countries imploring Mozambique's government to look into reports of disproportionate use of force in post-election protests. Since October, more than a dozen protesters and several police officers have been killed the unrest.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:36:14 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/uk-us-demand-mozambiques-government-to-investigate-deaths-in-post-election-protests/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/lebanese-begin-street-clean-up-after-ceasefire-with-israel/Bulldozers in Nabatiyeh city in southern Lebanon on Thursday started to remove the debris from the old souk of the city a day after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:23:13 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/lebanese-begin-street-clean-up-after-ceasefire-with-israel/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/paris-seeks-to-renew-ties-with-nigeria-as-president-tinubu-visits-france/The Nigerian President Tinubu began his three-day state visit to France on Thursday in a bid to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:05:09 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/paris-seeks-to-renew-ties-with-nigeria-as-president-tinubu-visits-france/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/mali-4-executives-from-canadian-company-barrick-gold-arrested/Barrick Gold confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that four employees from its Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex had been charged and were awaiting trial after their arrest on Monday night.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:36:13 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/mali-4-executives-from-canadian-company-barrick-gold-arrested/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/somalia-and-jubaland-issue-warrants-of-arrest-for-their-respective-leaders/The Federal government of Somalia has issued a warrant of arrest for the President of Jubaland state in what can be seen as a reciprocal measure after a judge in Jubaland had earlier issued the same warrant for Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:24:03 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/somalia-and-jubaland-issue-warrants-of-arrest-for-their-respective-leaders/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/putin-warns-russia-will-continue-strikes-on-ukraine-after-attack-on-ukraines-power-grid/Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia may use more of the new intermediate-range missile Oreshnik to strike Ukraine, after attacking Ukraine's power grid and leaving more than a million in the dark. Meanwhile in Kazakhstan, leaders of the Russia-dominated CSTO alliance met on Thursday.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:53:47 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/putin-warns-russia-will-continue-strikes-on-ukraine-after-attack-on-ukraines-power-grid/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/zimbabwe-35-opposition-leaders-released-including-jameson-timba/A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday freed an opposition leader and 34 activists after handing them suspended prison sentences for taking part in what authorities called an unlawful assembly.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:49:16 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/zimbabwe-35-opposition-leaders-released-including-jameson-timba/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/burkina-summons-newspaper-head-over-mali-reporting/The High Council for communication or CSC argues the Observateur Paalga, a leading local newspaper, published an article allegedly "breaching the law, ethics and journalistic professional conduct".Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:51:05 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/burkina-summons-newspaper-head-over-mali-reporting/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/interpol-arrests-1006-cybercrime-suspects-across-africa-in-two-months/The operation, dubbed Operation Serengeti, was conducted in collaboration with Afripol, the African Union’s police agency, and took place from September 2 to October 31 across 19 African countries.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:38:44 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/interpol-arrests-1006-cybercrime-suspects-across-africa-in-two-months/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/prince-william-honors-conservation-heroes-at-tusk-awards-in-london/The twelth edition of the Tusk Conservation Awards - a ceremony which honours the heroes of African conservation - took place in London on Wednesday.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:17:12 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/prince-william-honors-conservation-heroes-at-tusk-awards-in-london/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/south-sudans-president-urges-focus-on-2026-elections-at-juba-forum/'It makes sense to say, any agreement to replace the existing one will defeat the principle of inclusivity and will certainly lead to a cycle of conflict'',Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:11:48 +0000editorial@africanews.comhttp://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/south-sudans-president-urges-focus-on-2026-elections-at-juba-forum/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/australias-senate-considers-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16/Australia's senate is debating a social media ban for children under the age of 16, after the House of Representatives passed the bill. Some argue that the world-first law is essential, but others argue it could lead youngsters to the dark web.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:58:38 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/australias-senate-considers-social-media-ban-for-children-under-16/http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/taking-into-account-human-rights-is-key-in-ending-aids-un-report/The UNAIDS new report titled "Take The Rights Path" brings together the latest research, case studies, and recommendations for getting the world on track.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:33:08 +0000editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)http://www.africanews.com/2024/11/28/taking-into-account-human-rights-is-key-in-ending-aids-un-report/