Africa

Business

Digital finance and artificial intelligence at the ITU Telecom World 2018

Innovation and technology take centre stage in Durban event

11/09/2018

Niger

Migrants stranded in Niger tell of struggles to reach Europe

EU incentives seek to deter trafficking but organisers complain of corruption

11/09/2018

Africanews

Algeria's tourism comes alive with Aqua Palm [Inspire Africa]

Is Algeria finally distancing itself from its image of a hotbed of terror?

10/09/2018

Libya

Smoke rises form the headquarters of Libyan state oil firm

The headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli has been attacked this morning by three masked gunmen. Smoke has been seen rising from the headquarters while the armed men remain barricaded inside.

10/09/2018

Egypt

An Egyptian court sentences 75 people to death and jails hundreds of others

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death and jailed more than 600 others over a 2013 protest that ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces.

08/09/2018

Libya

Fighting in Libya's Tripoli | Euronews answers

Heavy clashes in Libya's capital Tripoli have so far killed 47 people and wounded over 100. Euronews explains what the latest violence means.

04/09/2018

Nigeria

Britain's Prime Minister touts for trade in Nigeria

The UK will increase its military support to Nigeria to help protect its citizens and British workers from the "menace" of groups like Boko Haram. But the main aim of the trip is to push trade ties

30/08/2018

World News

Theresa May pledges to overtake USA as leading G7 Africa investor

British Prime Minister Theresa May has set out plans for an extra 4 billion Euros in investments in Africa - as she seeks to overtake the US as the biggest G7 investor in the continent.

29/08/2018

No Comment

Watch: The unique dance moves of Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been spotted busting moves on a school visit in South Africa.

28/08/2018

South Africa

Britain's post-Brexit plans for Africa

The British Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants the UK to be the biggest G7 investor in Africa after Brexit

28/08/2018

Egypt

Mystery behind the death of British tourists in Egypt persists

After the unexplained death of two guests in a hotel in Hurghada, Egypt, the daughter of the deceased couple has rejected official claims that they died of natural causes.

27/08/2018

Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa urges Zimbabwe to unite behind his presidency

As Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath of office, he reiterated he will call an independent inquiry into the army crackdown following the vote in which six people died

26/08/2018

Morocco

Morocco: 188 activists pardoned

In Morocco, King Mohamed VI granted pardon to 188 activists of the disputed Rif movement. It comes as the religious festival of Eid started on Monday

22/08/2018

Morocco

The dog lover who turned around her childhood trauma

A British-Moroccan woman has made it her mission to save stray dogs and other neglected animals.

17/08/2018

Nigeria

Euroviews. Nigeria: Giving People A Voice Will Bring About Peace | View

Nigerians have all the right in the world to question the authority and legitimacy of our nation’s current political leadership.

16/08/2018

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Experimental Ebola vaccine in DRC as virus spreads

An experimental Ebola treatment is being used to combat the latest flare-up of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the vaccine is only being used in the eastern part of the country which is rife with armed conflict.

15/08/2018

Africanews

The Congolese entrepreneur revolutionising access to medicine in Africa [Inspire Africa]

At barely 28 years old, Congolese entrepreneur Rufin Lepembe Ovoula has come up with an ingenious that makes access to medicine faster and more convenient.

13/08/2018

Mali

Mali: Run-off presidential election voting is relatively peaceful

It's the run-off presidential election between the incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his opposition challenger Soumalia Cissé. It's despite a surge in ethnic and militant violence during Keita's time in office and violence in July's election

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali: voters go to polls for run-off presidential election

The incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is expected to beat the opposition challenger Somalia Cisse for a second five-year term amid accusations of voting fraud and the threat of violence

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali: Run-off vote for Presidential election with extra security

Malians started voting in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with the incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to beat the opposition challenger Cissé for a second five-year term

12/08/2018

Mali

Mali presidential race enters decisive polling day

Ibrahim Boubacor Keita is on the verge of winning a second term with a significant lead over rival Soumalia Cisse, but has faced accusations of ballot fixing.

11/08/2018

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe election challenge

Opposition call for vote re-run

11/08/2018

World News

Euroviews. Cancer - a disease in the West, a death sentence in Africa | View

The void created by Western donors’ abandonment of Africa is being filled by a newly invigorated humanitarian bloc, says former Pakistani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Naaem Khan.

08/08/2018

World News

Saudi Arabia-Canada spat explained

An ousted ambassador. Suspended flights. The recall of thousands of Saudi students in Canada. These are just a few diplomatic sanctions Saudi Arabia imposed on Canada in the wake of a concerned tweet over jailed Saudi activists by Canadian officials.

07/08/2018

Morocco

Did Morocco let more migrants make dangerous Spain crossing?

Morocco may have relaxed migration controls into Europe as leverage in key negotiations with Brussels, it’s been claimed.

07/08/2018

Zimbabwe

27 Zimbabwe opposition members charged

Twenty-seven members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeared in a Zimbabwe court facing public violence charges on Saturday after six people were killed in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown.

04/08/2018