Africa

Business Series

Crashing barriers: Angola's female entrepreneurs

In partnership with aipex

From SMEs to corporates, Angola taps the power of women in business. In this edition of Business Angola, we look for the stories behind a statistic: a global study finds a high rate of women entrepreneurship - about 40% of all working women in Angola.

27/11/2019

Mali

Why is France fighting in Mali? | Euronews Answers

Emmanuel Macron's first overseas trip as president was to Germany. His second was to Mali.

26/11/2019

Destinations

The woman risking her life in the desert to document climate change

Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison is on the verge of spending three months in the Sahara Desert.

25/11/2019

Sierra Leone

Repatriations from Sierra Leone after Dutch doctor dies of Lassa virus

Dutch and British authorities have dozens of people under observation after a Dutch doctor died from the Lassa virus in Sierra Leone.

25/11/2019

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Watch: Huge bank tower demolished in Johannesburg

A 355ft tall building, damaged in a fatal fire last year, was successfully demolished, sending a massive cloud of rubble into the air.

24/11/2019

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Plane crash kills at least 24 people in eastern Congo

At least 24 people died after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo shortly after take-off on Sunday.

24/11/2019

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Orphanage's tall order as it helps care for abandoned baby giraffe

The two-day-old giraffe was found in a comatose state and taken to a rhino orphanage, which is helping him recover.

23/11/2019

Ivory Coast

EU's most wanted criminals on run for over 20 years arrested

Lacote was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud in an organised gang, death threats and participation in an association of criminals. Van Acker was given two years as an accomplice.

22/11/2019

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Egyptian man builds eco-friendly home using only recycled material

Taymour El-Hadidi collected concrete blocks, red bricks and glass bottles to build his environmentally conscious home.

20/11/2019

World

Young Nigerians embracing savings and investment

We start off in Nigeria where some of the young and savvy ones are embracing a new savings and investment culture with the use of an app.

18/11/2019

Earth News

Flying pigs? Not quite, meet Malawi’s flying Rhinos

The story of 17 black rhinos in search of a new, protected home.

14/11/2019

Focus

South Africa’s €90 billion investment drive

In partnership with Brand South Africa

Over 1,700 people from 22 countries converged at the second inaugural South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg. The gathering that was part of the president’s push to improve Africa’s second largest economy and deal with the 29.1% unemployment rate.

13/11/2019

Business Series

Angola’s Kwanza Sul: Megafarms and Small Farmers

In partnership with aipex

A province nearly twice the size of Belgium, Angola's Kwanza Sul has undergone major investment in agriculture and infrastructure that's paying off in farms large and small

13/11/2019

Earth News

WATCH | Turning plastic waste into buildings

A new initiative to fight plastic waste can give hope to Ivorian school children.

11/11/2019

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Triumphant Springboks return home to celebrate Rugby World Cup win

The captain of South Africa's national rugby team returned to his hometown with his teammates for the first time since they won the World Cup in Japan.

11/11/2019

World News

Euroviews. Africa is embracing leadership to meet the local and global challenges of the 21st Century ǀ View

By 2025, half of Africa's population will be under 25. A demographic and technological explosion has to be met by constantly high rates of economic growth, better governance, more accountability and responsiveness - and Africa is delivering.

08/11/2019

Egypt

Changing Egypt's economic perspective

In partnership with DP World

Sokhna World port in Egypt is a free economic and trade area that is on a mission to boost foreign investments

06/11/2019

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Nigeria: Dramatic pix of building fire in Lagos market area

A massive fire broke out at a shopping complex in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Tuesday The blaze engulfed the top section of a building in the popular Balogun Market

05/11/2019

Nigeria

Huge fire engulfs market in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos

Goods were thrown out of windows to save stock while men on the roof of neighbouring buildings tried to put out the flames using buckets of water.

05/11/2019

Libya

EU funds Libyan Coast Guard but who is monitoring them?

While the military mission called Eunavfor Med - Operation Sophia (ENFM) is in charge of training and evaluating LCG, its staff is not permitted to set foot in the country due to security conditions.

03/11/2019

Mali

French soldier killed in Mali bomb attack claimed by ISIS

Corporal Ronan Pointeau, 24, died in the northeastern region of Menaka as his vehicle was "struck by an explosive device," the Ministry of Defence said.

03/11/2019

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South African rugby fans celebrate World Cup victory

South Africans celebrated the Springboks' victory over England in the Rugby World Cup. Led by the team's first black captain Siya Kolisi, South Africa swept to a record-tying third World Cup title by overpowering England in a 32-12 win.

02/11/2019

Mali

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Mali attack on 49 soldiers

The attack is one of the deadliest strikes against the West African country's military in recent memory.

02/11/2019

World

Niger: Mothers 'best asset' for early diagnosis of child malnutrition

In partnership with The European Commission

38,000 children under the age of five-years-old are estimated to die every year from causes linked to malnutrition

31/10/2019

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Refugees and police clash at Cape Town protest against xenophobia

Around 100 people were arrested on October 30 as part of an operation to disperse a group of refugees and asylum seekers who had staged a prolonged sit-in near the United Nations refugee agency in Cape Town.

30/10/2019

World

Start Lab, hub for Congo's young entrepreneurs

On this episode, Agriculture is said to be directly responsible for at least 14 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to a global climate…

28/10/2019