Africa

Egypt

At least 11 killed and officials arrested in Egypt train crash

Four wagons of a passenger train bound for Cairo ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province this afternoon, killing at least 11 people and injuring scores of others.

18/04/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | The grim fate of migrants returning to Guinea

At 18, Mamadou Alpha went on a dangerous adventure from Guinea to cross several countries and the Meditteranean to get to Europe. But luck wasn’t on his side, he was forcefully returned home empty-handed. He now says this fate is worse than death.

15/04/2021

Angola

The two family-owned businesses in Angola beating the pandemic

In partnership with Governo de Angola

Dulce and Ana have several things in common. They are both entrepreneurs, they work with their mums and they're expanding their businesses even during the pandemic. Their family-owned businesses sell quality Angolan products proving to be very popular.

14/04/2021

Egypt

Fuel tanker's crash with a bus kills 20 in Egypt

20 people have been killed and 3 injured in a road accident involving a fuel tanker and bus in southern Egypt.

14/04/2021

Travel News

Uncovering lost Egyptian city 'the most important discovery' since King Tut's tomb

Archaeologists have found the largest ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back more than 3000 years, just prior to the reign of the most famous pharoah, Tutankhamun. Dubbed 'The Rise of Aten', the city was found during excavation works near the southern city of Luxor.

14/04/2021

Egypt

Train driver's negligence caused deadly Egypt crash, prosecutors say

Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month.

12/04/2021

Egypt

Ancient city uncovered in Egypt

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a three thousand year-old lost city complete with mud brick houses, artifacts and tools from the times of the pharaohs.

10/04/2021

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Egyptian mission discovers mortuary city in Luxor

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times.

10/04/2021

Cry Like A Boy

How a small Cape Verde island became an LGTBI oasis in Africa

In the port city of Mindelo in Cape Verde, lives Tchinda Andrade, a trans woman in her thirties. Wearing a short skirt, she sells her Brasilian fritters in the streets in broad daylight. No one insults or attacks her #CryLikeaBoy

08/04/2021

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Rwanda Genocide Anniversary

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on Wednesday commemorated the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, during a solemn ceremony in Kigali.

07/04/2021

Business Series

Discover the Angolan wilderness that's teeming with biodiversity

In partnership with Governo de Angola

A crew of National Geographic scientists, explorers and filmmakers made it their mission to traverse the many Angolan rivers that supply water to Botswana’s world-famous Okavango Delta. Here's what they discovered...

07/04/2021

Nature

First ever images of mysterious ‘Walter's duiker’ captured in the wild

Is this small African antelope the world's most secretive mammal?

07/04/2021

Destinations

National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation opens fully to the public

Visitors browse exhibits at Egypt's new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in the Fustat district of Old Cairo, after the museum opened fully to the public.

05/04/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Cry like a Boy: because being tough all the time hurts

From Burundi to Lesotho, travel with us to Africa to discover the stories of men suffering from pressure to fulfil traditional male roles, and those defying centuries of stereotypes. The hashtag is #CryLikeABoy

05/04/2021

Egypt

Egypt stages 'Golden parade of Pharaohs' to lure tourists back

For more than a century they have lain quietly in Cairo's Egyptian museum, but on Saturday 18 mummies were paraded magnificently through the streets.

03/04/2021

Ethiopia

G7 'seriously concerned' about human rights violations in Tigray

The conflict between Ethiopia's federal government and the semi-autonomous Tigray region erupted in early November 2020.

02/04/2021

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | Growing up with absent fathers in the ghost of apartheid

What are the different forms of masculinity that live in South Africa nowadays? And what are the common challenges that overcome the heritage of segregation and apartheid? Join us in our latest #CryLikeABoy podcast episode.

01/04/2021

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Protesters march for prisoners of conscience in Algeria

Protesters march for prisoners of conscience in Algeria

31/03/2021

Egypt

Who built the Suez Canal, and why? | Euronews answers

Sorry, France, but Napoleon wasn't the first person to have the idea...

30/03/2021

Egypt

Eight people arrested in Egypt over deadly train crash

At least 18 people died after two trains collided on Friday in the southern province of Sohag.

29/03/2021

Egypt

At least 18 people killed in building collapse in Cairo

It was not immediately clear what caused the building's collapse in the Egyptian capital.

27/03/2021

Egypt

Suez Canal remains blocked amid efforts to free stuck vessel

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow canal that runs between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula.

27/03/2021

World News

COVAX head 'disappointed' with slow vaccine exports to world's poorest

Doses for health care workers and other high-risk groups delivered through the COVAX programme will be set back weeks.

26/03/2021

Egypt

More than 200 ships are now waiting to get through the Suez Canal

Experts warn that moving the Ever Given could take over a week.

26/03/2021

Egypt

At least 18 people die as two trains collide in southern Egypt

Egypt’s Railway Authorities issued another statement saying the accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train.

26/03/2021

World

Suez Canal: Owner of wedged container ship apologises

12% of global trade passes through the canal and older channels have been opened to try to deal with the backlog of traffic. It is thought that a gust of wind caused the ship to get stuck.

25/03/2021