Africa

Ivory Coast

Shots heard in several Ivory Coast cities as soldiers' uprising spreads

Gunfire has been reported in several cities in Ivory Coast on Saturday, suggesting that an uprising by soldiers protesting over pay and bonuses may be spreading.

07/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Agoshkov and Magnaldi win stage five

Russia’s Dmitry Agoshkov celebrated his first victory on this year’s Africa Eco Race.

06/01/2017

Sport

Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has been named African Football of the year.

06/01/2017

Cult

Fashion in the face of financial problems in Africa

Designers in Africa have seen their craft suffer during an economic crisis which has hit the continent.

06/01/2017

Ivory Coast

Ex-soldiers seize Ivory Coast city of Bouake

UPDATE: Defence Minister says soldiers demanding salary increases and bonus payments were behind the seizure of Ivory Coast’s second largest city of Bouake.

06/01/2017

Nigeria

Nigerian army finds another Chibok schoolgirl taken by Boko Haram

Nigerian soldiers have found a schoolgirl who was one of more than 200 pupils kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

06/01/2017

Sport

Sella extends lead in Africa Eco Race with stage four victory

Gev Teddy Sella strengthened his grip on the overall race lead of the Africa Eco Race on Thursday when he won stage four for his third triumph this edition.

06/01/2017

Sport

Sella strikes again in Africa Eco Race

Gev Teddy Sella claimed his second win of this year’s Africa Eco Race after winning stage three which took the competitors from Tagounite to Assa in Southern…

04/01/2017

Target

Morocco: a business bridge to Africa

Morocco has been taking solid steps to apply its development strategy to improve its economic growth and presence in regional markets.

04/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Ceci wins stage two and takes over race lead

Stage two of this year’s Africa Eco Race took the competitors over 393 kilometres from Moulay Domain to Tagounite in Southwest Morocco.

03/01/2017

Africanews

Two awards in one year as Africanews celebrates first anniversary

Africanews launched its online platform on January 4, 2016 and already, the pan-African media has won two awards.

03/01/2017

Sport

Africa Eco race: Sella and Vasilyev steal the limelight

The Africa Eco race is back.

02/01/2017

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Kabila agrees to go, DRC to get elections by 2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo's leader Joseph Kabila has agreed to step down and nominate an opposition PM in deal brokered by Catholic church.

31/12/2016

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Echo Flight takes aid to the displaced in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo

There are nearly two million displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country devastated by over 20 years of war.

30/12/2016

Tunisia

Opinion: Terrorized Tunisia

29/12/2016

Egypt

Egyptian government was 'informed' of murdered student's actions shortly before disappearance

The Egyptian Secret Services have once again been implicated in the suspicious death of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni, whose mutilated body was found in February on the outskirts of…

29/12/2016

Tunisia

Three arrests made in connection with Berlin attack

Three men have been arrested in Tunisia, in connection with Monday’s lorry attack in Berlin.

25/12/2016

Nigeria

Nigeria: Boko Haram driven from Sambisa forest by army

Nigeria’s army has driven Boko Haram militants from their last camp in the northeastern Sambisa forest the group’s, the president Muhammadu Buhari has said in a…

24/12/2016

Africanews

DRC: Sporadic gunfire in Kinshasa, UN confirms 19 deaths

There was sporadic gunfire across Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a day after deadly clashes between the security forces and anti-government protesters.

21/12/2016

Africanews

DRC crisis: South Africa expresses concern, calls for restraint

South Africa says it is concerned about the volatile political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has expressed the willingness to assist in any way to restore peace asking the in

21/12/2016

Republic of the Congo

DRC: Clashes in Kinshasa 'kill more than 20'

Clashes in Kinshasa appear to have left more than 20 civilians dead, the UN reports, citing ‘pretty solid information’.

20/12/2016

Zimbabwe

Mugabe to stand for election in 2018 aged 94

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has confirmed President Robert Mugabe as its only candidate for the next presidential election in 2018.

19/12/2016

Morocco

A whole new perspective on Marakesh's film festival

Marrakech’s lively main square took on a Hollywood allure during the city’s annual film festival, when movie classics were shown on an open-air screen.

16/12/2016

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Egypt: International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Luxor

Half-a-dozen hot-air balloons took to the skies over the Southern Egyptian city of Luxor on Thursday (December 15).

16/12/2016

Cinema

'Mimosas' - somewhere between a mystical road movie and a Western

Cinema Box features Franco-Spanish director Oliver Laxe's 'Mimosas', the story of a caravan escorting a dying Sheikh through the High Atlas mountains.

16/12/2016

Cinema

Marrakech's School of Visual Arts is helping to grow the filmmaking talent in Morocco

While Morocco only produces some 20 films a year, it is a prime destination for foreign directors looking for the landscapes and the technical talent at an affordable…

16/12/2016