Africa

Africanews

DRC parties hard as fans celebrate nation's CHAN 2016 victory

When DR Congo's youngster Meshack Elia netted his second goal to send Mali packing, Kinshasa was already partying. That was still before Jonathan Bolingi slotted home the third, to seal a record secon

08/02/2016

Algeria

Algeria enacts reforms and gives Berber language official status

The Algerian government has passed a reform package including granting the Berber language official status and re-instating the two-term limit for

07/02/2016

Somalia

Somali passenger jet 'holed by bomb'

A blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a Somalian passenger jet was caused by a bomb, meant to kill everyone on board, according to the

07/02/2016

Zimbabwe

State of disaster declared in drought-ridden Zimbabwe

A severe drought has hit Zimbabwe, leading President Robert Mugabe to declare a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country. The government

05/02/2016

Sport

FIFA presidential elections: CAF to give full backing to Sheikh Salman

The FIFA presidential race is hotting up. On Friday the Confederation for African Football, the CAF, gave its full and unanimous backing to Bahrain’s

05/02/2016

Somalia

Car bomb kills three at Mogadishu airport

Three people have died at Mogadishu airport in a suicide bombing just days after an explosion ripped through a Somali airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing.

05/02/2016

Cinema

An intimate doc on the Egyptian Revolution

'I Am The People' chronicles the post-Arab Spring tensions in Egypt seen from the eyes of a farmer in the Nile valley.

05/02/2016

Africanews

Nigerians turn disposable plastic bottles into affordable housing

05/02/2016

Morocco

Morocco's gigantic solar power plant gets the big switch on

Morocco has officially turned on a a gigantic solar power plant in the Sahara Desert. It is the first part of a planned project to provide renewable

05/02/2016

Egypt

Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni

Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio

04/02/2016

Egypt

Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture'

Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge

04/02/2016

Somalia

Passenger jet lands safely after hole blown in fuselage

Video shows what happens when a large hole gets punched in the side of your plane

03/02/2016

Niger

Boko Haram burns children alive, kills more than 80 - reports

Charred corpses littered the streets of a village in north-eastern Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram extremists Saturday night.

31/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN official emotional as new child sex abuse allegations revealed

European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are facing fresh accusations of child sexual abuse in Central African Republic. The United Nations

30/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: UN says it has heard fresh allegations of abuse by foreign soldiers

EUFOR Peacekeepers from Georgia, France and a third unnamed EU country involved.

29/01/2016

Ethiopia

Plea for cash as Ethiopia battles one of its worst droughts in decades

More than 450 million euros needs to be raised by the end of next month to help Ethiopia through critical food shortages. That is the warning from

29/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Gbagbo: ICC hears details of war crimes charges

Former Ivory Coast president goes on trial in the Hague

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo accused of war crimes in landmark ICC trial

The trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo began on Thursday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Gbagbo and his

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: ex-president denies war crimes

Dozens of Laurent Gbagbo's supporters gather outside the court building in The Hague

28/01/2016

Ivory Coast

ICC trial begins of former Ivory Coast president, Laurent Gbagbo

Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo goes on trial today at the International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity

28/01/2016

Central African Republic

CAR: elections annulled in strife-torn country

But who are the two candidates for the presidential run-off?

25/01/2016

Tunisia

Why have thousands of police taken to the streets of Tunis?

Crossing the barricades - 3,000 police surround Tunisia's presidential palace. What do they want?

25/01/2016

World

Lost hopes, simmering anger: Egypt five years after failed revolution

Five years ago in Cairo’s Tahrir square Egyptians thronged in their tens of thousands to call for Hosni Mubarak to go. Thirty years in power were

25/01/2016

Cameroon

Cameroon: suicide bombers kill more than 20

Four attackers target the market and main roads in Bodo, a village in the Far North area of the country.

25/01/2016

Egypt

Egypt: 5 years on from revolution - how much has changed?

Egypt is marking five years since the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. On the eve of the anniversary, Egyptian President

25/01/2016

Morocco

6.1 magnitude quake hits between Morocco and Spain

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck early Monday in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The

25/01/2016