By Rédaction Africanews MAURITANIA The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week’s legislative and local elections, according to official results on Sunday, a litmus test for the veteran head of state ahead of next year’s presidential poll. The elections were the first since 2019, when President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani came to…
By Rédaction Africanews COMOROS Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Monday began demolishing homes in a large slum in an operation against sub-standard housing and illegal migration Diggers started destroying Majicavo slum at early Monday morning as part of Operation Wuambushu (“Take Back” in the local language), which the French authorities…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe took delivery Thursday (May 18) of helicopters reportedly purchased from the Russian Federation. The event was attended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the chief executive of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec”. The aircrafts will be deploying for policing, wild life protection duties and disaster management. “Zimbabwe is under…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP NIGERIA Over 3,000 people have been displaced in central Nigeria after at least 85 people were killed in ongoing clashes between herders and farmers, officials said Thursday (May. 18). The violence erupted on Monday (May 15), with an initial death toll of 30, in several villages of Plateau State, an…
Kenneth Elliott was taken captive in northern Burkina Faso in 2016 along with his wife, who was released shortly after their abduction. An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released and safely returned to his family, the Australian government has announced. Kenneth Elliott, from the west…
New study finds unsustainable human use has led to more than half of the largest lakes drying up around the world. More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a new study has found. A team…
The United Nations (UN) is pressing the two generals that lead opposing, warring military factions in Sudan to publicly commit to “clear, definitive agreements that would allow for the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid in the country. Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, who is in the region, is seeking to meet face-to-face with both…
Summary Rowe said that the WFP needed to purchase more supplies urgently for Sudan. The conflict in Sudan has forced about 100,000 people to flee to neighbouring countries, according to the UN. It has also hindered aid deliveries in a country where about one-third of people already relied on humanitarian assistance. By REUTERS The World…
Summary The government wanted to detain the televangelist for 30 more days as investigations continued. Kenya’s Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki accused him of involvement in the “mass killing of his followers” without elaborating. It also emerged that all deaths that occurred at pastor Odero’s church were recorded. By NATION AFRICA A Kenyan court on Thursday…
BBC Arabic reporter Mohamed Osman has lived in Sudan for his entire life. When fighting broke out between rival military factions last month, he initially stayed to report on the conflict but in the end it became too dangerous. He reflects on the difficult decision to leave his homeland and make the perilous overland journey…