Africa

The Star Ingredient

Cooking with Soumbala: A Burkinabé flavour powerhouse

The first thing that hits you is the smell. The pea-sized néré pods from the néré tree may be small but they pack a powerful olfactory punch. Once transformed into mouth watering soumbala, they’re a crucial addition to a host of traditional meals eaten all across West Africa.

30/06/2023

Tech News

Facebook content moderators' lawsuit lifts the lid on 'torture' work

They look at horrors so others don't have to. Now Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the company over work conditions in a landmark case.

29/06/2023

Mali

Wagner group mercenaries to remain in Africa despite mutiny

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the rebellion by the Wagner mercenaries will not result in the group pulling out of African countries where he said they are "doing a good job."

26/06/2023

Tunisia

Euroviews. Does making a deal with Tunisia's Saied mean Europe can be extorted?

During their most recent visit to Tunis, European leaders just threw away the continent's best chance of living up to its much-professed values and tackling the forces that actually drive Tunisian migration, Tarek Megerisi writes.

21/06/2023

Scenes

Meet the refugees improving the lives of fellow refugees in Kenya

In partnership with Media City

In partnership with Media City, Qatar

19/06/2023

Egypt

EU allocates €20 million to help Egypt manage influx of Sudan refugees

During a two-day visit to Cairo, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed support for Egypt's efforts to end the hostilities in Sudan.

19/06/2023

Uganda

Grieving families bury their dead after Uganda school attack

Officials say at least 41 people were massacred and half a dozen kidnapped in the worst attack of its kind in Uganda since 2010.

19/06/2023

Sudan

At least 17 killed in Sudan in one of the deadliest strikes of the war

An airstrike in southern Khartoum has killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said on Saturday.

17/06/2023

Uganda

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school

In a statement on Saturday, police authorities said that the Allied Democratic Forces carried out the attack late Friday night on a school in the border town of Mpondwe.

17/06/2023

Nature

‘Paradise’: In the only capital city with a national wildlife park

117 km2 of green space filled with wildlife can be found just outside the centre of Kenya’s capital.

15/06/2023

Egypt

Three British tourists missing after boat catches fire in Red Sea

A medium-sized scuba diving boat, christened “Hurricane,” went up in flames off the southern Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam.

11/06/2023

Travel News

Russian man killed in shark attack at Egyptian Red Sea resort

A 74-kilometre stretch of the coastline will remain closed off until Sunday.

09/06/2023

Rwanda

Hague court releases Rwanda genocide suspect due to dementia

Despite his clear role in the Tutsi genocide, the Rwandan financier of a notorious radio station will not be convicted by the UN tribunal at the Hague because he is suffering from extensive dementia.

08/06/2023

World News

Euroviews. Europe and the West should focus on Africa's climate-affected youth

The people of Africa have been on the receiving end of centuries of exploitation by people from the rest of the world, but perhaps the greatest and most lasting impact will be indirect: climate change, Ivor Ichikowitz writes.

07/06/2023

Destinations

See the hidden fortress cities in Niger’s Sahara desert

There have been no foreign tourists in this area since 2002.

06/06/2023

No Comment

Motorway billboards in South Africa urge Ramaphosa to arrest Putin

Motorist along CENTURION, GAUTENG Centurion, Gauteng in South Africa were in for a shock when they drove by billboards in urging Ramaphosa to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin

01/06/2023

Euronews Witness

From Tunisia to Italy, who are those fleeing to Europe?

In this episode of Witness, we travel to Tunisia to hear the harrowing stories of migrants from the sub-Sahara and Tunisians themselves willing to risk their lives to escape war, political instability, and unemployment.

01/06/2023

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Euroviews. DRC's racist election law threatens to push the country over the brink

If the legislation barring anyone without two Congolese parents from seeking the presidency existed in Europe, it would make a number of the continent's leaders unelectable, Duggan Flanakin writes.

31/05/2023

South Africa

South Africa grants Putin immunity despite international warrant

Russia's president was granted diplomatic immunity to attend a BRICS summit in August, despite being wanted for his involvement in alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

31/05/2023

Sudan

Sudan's latest ceasefire fails to hold despite truce extension

The latest ceasefire in Sudan between the army and the Rapid Support Forces fails to hold as fighting flared in the capital on Tuesday despite the truce being extended.

31/05/2023

Culture news

Uncovering ancient mummification workshops in Egypt

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed two embalming workshops and two tombs with 4,500 old artifacts in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, Egypt.

30/05/2023

Sudan

Army and RSF agree five day extension of truce in Sudan

Sudan’s warring sides on Monday agreed to extend a shaky cease-fire in their battle for control of the country, after two key international mediators signalled impatience with persistent truce violations.

30/05/2023

Tunisia

Euroviews. The EU is facing a crisis of value-based solidarity with Tunisia

Brussels and its partners should urgently stand with democracy activists and support democratic institutions that, together, hold Tunisia’s leaders accountable, Ikram Ben Said and Nicole Rowsell write.

29/05/2023

No Comment

WATCH: Kenyan organisation upcycles plastics into household items

Kenyan organisation, Kibarazani Cocktail, is trying to tackle some of the country's waste problem by upcycling plastic into household items.

29/05/2023

Sudan

Sudan: 600,000 people have received aid from WFP, UN spokesperson says

The conflict has pushed the East African country to the brink of collapse, with urban areas in Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman disintegrating into battlegrounds.

27/05/2023

South Africa

Top Rwandan genocide fugitive appears in Cape Town court

One of the most wanted men accused of taking part in 1994 genocide was arrested this week after 22 years on the run.

26/05/2023