Africa

The Cube

Internet shutdown in Ethiopia amid unrest at singer's death

NetBlocks tell Euronews the extreme scale of the outage is "rare" and "worrying to see".

01/07/2020

Malawi

Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi's presidential vote

Lazarus Chakwera’s victory late Saturday was a result of months of determined street protests in the southern African nation.

28/06/2020

World

Why is hip-hop bringing change in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains?

Bordering Algeria, poverty and unemployment in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains has gone some way towards nurturing young recruits for extremism. Hip hop dancing, however, has emerged as a new way to potentially combat militant recruitment.

26/06/2020

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is over, says WHO

Eastern Congo has also marked an official end to the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history

25/06/2020

Libya

Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya, says France's Macron

The French president's remarks on Turkey's military intervention in the Libyan civil war follows an encounter between the two NATO allies' ships in the Mediterranean

23/06/2020

Nigeria

Libya was hell, but for Nigeria’s migrants, home isn't much better

Europe paid over 300 million euros to send people like Evelin back to their home nations. It forgot about her once she was there. As Euronews' repatriation investigation continues, we hear another horrific story from those who took part in the scheme.

21/06/2020

Eritrea

Eritrean migrants claim EU voluntary return programme isn’t voluntary

Eritrean migrants on a flight last year told Euronews that they were forced to fly back to Asmara even after they changed their minds. The UN says Eritrea is one of the most repressive countries on earth - so why is the EU paying for migrants to return there?

20/06/2020

Earth News

Could chocolate be the next victim of the pandemic?

Fairtrade is working to protect cocoa farmers being hit hard by the coronavirus.

19/06/2020

World News

The EU is paying migrants to go home and stay there. It's not working

A Euronews investigation across seven African states over six months has uncovered massive failings in a programme that has so far paid for 80,000 migrants to go home.

19/06/2020

South Africa

Hospital train reaches South Africa's more remote COVID-19 patients

The country accounts for around a quarter of all Africa's COVID-19 cases.

13/06/2020

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Rabat tramways don face masks to encourage Moroccans to wear them

Tramways in Rabat are decorated with face masks, which people must wear outdoors as part of Morocco's battle against COVID-19.

12/06/2020

Tunisia

Tunisian MPs reject asking France to apologise for 'colonial crimes'

The motion did not pass amid fears it would jeopardise relations with France, Tunisia's most important commercial partner.

11/06/2020

Burundi

Burundi President Nkurunziza dies suddenly of heart failure age 55

He died months before he was to step down after 15 turbulent years as the country's leader.

09/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. Africa is enslaved in debt. Black lives should all matter, whether in Minneapolis or Mombasa ǀ View

Black Lives Matter protests have spread throughout the world, but in Africa, the demonstrations are a reminder the struggle for racial equality has by no means ended for most Africans.

08/06/2020

Libya

Haftar backs ceasefire as rebels lose ground in Libya

A new ceasefire proposal reflects a dramatic shift in the balance of power in war-torn Libya.

08/06/2020

Mali

French forces kill Al-Qaeda's North African commander

Abdelmalek Droukdel was widely seen as the symbolic leader of Al-Qaeda’s north African branch, whose operational centre was northern Mali, where he was killed.

06/06/2020

Earth News

Lions’ whisker patterns are as unique as a human fingerprint

Now they are being used to keep track of how many of these majestic big cats are left in Kenya.

29/05/2020

World

Cultural showcase, Media for the deaf, and Anti covid-19 comedy

Though the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, inspiring stories still abound all around us.

27/05/2020

World

How are Middle East celebrities driving digital solidarity amid COVID-19?

Communities across the Middle East and North Africa are exploring ways to counter the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic together, through social solidarity.

22/05/2020

World News

Euroviews. Malaria devastates lives and economies like COVID-19. We should fight it in the same way ǀ View

A small investment in malaria prevention and treatment could reap huge rewards. The prevalence of the disease actively holds back many countries - particularly in west Africa - whose young populations could and should be driving dynamic economies.

22/05/2020

Libya

If you think working from home in Europe is tough, try Libya

"I am working from home right now with bombs falling in the surrounding area," said Moayed Zoghdani, who is an aid worker for an international agency.

21/05/2020

Earth News

Leonardo DiCaprio saves gorilla park by donating to €1.8 million fund

The Oscar-winning actor wants to protect our closest living relatives from becoming extinct in Africa..

19/05/2020

Europe

Analysis: Africa's unexpected COVID-19 figures

There were fears COVID-19 would overwhelm Africa. Yet, most countries aren’t reporting many cases. Euronews' political editor, Darren McCaffrey, looks at why.

12/05/2020

World

Outspoken Libyan princess Alia Al Senussi supports ‘New Saudi’ art scene

As a Libyan princess raised in exile, Alia Al Senussi, has never let her family’s ousting from the throne and their homeland in the 1960s, define her.

08/05/2020

Algeria

Singer Idir, an 'icon of Algeria' and Kabyle identity, dead at 70

Idir, whose real name is Hamid Cheriet, was taken to hospital on Friday but died a day later from pulmonary disease

04/05/2020

Somalia

Somali engineer invents home-made respirator

Somalia receives a boost in fight against COVID-19 in the form of home-made mechanised respirators, created by 21-year-old Mogadishu-based mechanical engineer A 21-year-old mechanical engineer came up with the device in response to a national shortage.

02/05/2020