Africa

Kenya

Kenya rocked by protests

Kenya is lurching deeper into a political crisis as a court ruling and parliamentary vote appear to ease Uhuru Kenyatta's path to a second term as president.

11/10/2017

Liberia

Vote counting underway in Liberia's landmark election

Many queued before dawn on Tuesday to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a new parliament.

11/10/2017

World News

More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day

Figure revealed in research released to mark International Day of the Girl

10/10/2017

No Comment

South Africa hit by storms and flash flooding

Johannesburg and the east of South Africa are battered by storms.

10/10/2017

Liberia

Liberia votes to choose successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Nobel prizewinner has steered the West African nation from civil war to economic recovery during her 12-year presidency.

10/10/2017

Africanews

We are ready for elections, there is no room for cheating - Liberia EC

The NEC Director of Communications Henry Boyd Flomo told Africanews that every one will have access to the results and by Wednesday, they will announce the provisional results.

10/10/2017

Liberia

Optimism ahead of Liberia's election

Liberians are optimistic about their first power transfer for 73 years.

09/10/2017

Next Series

Making green energy cheaper

Sunny Morocco seems like the ideal place to produce solar power.

09/10/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: What's wrong with solar power plants?

This technology seems perfect for arid regions The solar light is free The power plants take relatively little space The problem is dust Washing the mirrors takes precious water Water usage has to be

09/10/2017

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Watch: Aid trucks swarm across pools of mud

Impressive Red Cross footage shows trucks battling to carry construction material in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

08/10/2017

Africanews

Elections history in Africa's oldest democratic republic: Liberia

The first governor Thomas Buchanan was succeeded by the first black governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts who was elected as the first black president upon independence in 1847.

08/10/2017

Ghana

Multiple gas & fuel explosions kill several people in Accra, Ghana

Ghana's energy sector's safety record in the spotlight again after a huge explosion in the capital, Accra.

08/10/2017

Libya

Armed faction captures key Libyan port of Sabratha as concern for migrants grows

08/10/2017

Africanews

Ugandan rugby players 'disappear' after tournament in Germany

The three - Ramathan Govule, Brian Kikaawa and Fred Odur - were not found at the team's hotel on Monday when they were preparing to leave the country.

03/10/2017

Cameroon

Cameroon's separatist movement gains ground

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is facing one of the biggest threats in his 35 years in power as a separatist movement in the country’s English speaking regions gains ground.

03/10/2017

Cinema

Curtain comes down on El Gouna Film Fest

The curtain comes down on the first edition of Egypt's El Gouna Film Festival, aimed at shining the light on humanitarian cinema.

02/10/2017

Africanews

At least 8 dead in Cameroon Anglophone independence protests

Soldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence.

02/10/2017

Africanews

Plague spreading rapidly in Madagascar- WHO

The World Health organisation has warned that a deadly plague has been spreading rapidly since august in Madagascar calling for a quick action.

01/10/2017

South Africa

Lion bite forces Wales rugby star to miss match

Fans and teammates have mocked Scott Baldwin over the injury

30/09/2017

Uganda

Not a pub brawl: Uganda MPs have punch-up in parliament

Parliament punch-up in Uganda over a proposed change to the constitution.

28/09/2017

Africanews

1,109-carat uncut diamond from Botswana mine sells for $53 million

The uncut 1,109-carat diamond named Lesedi La Rona, which means Our Light in the local Tswana language, failed to sell last year at a Sotheby's auction.

28/09/2017

Africanews

Swazi King picks 14th wife weeks after annual Reed Dance ceremony

The King is traditionally mandated to pick a new wife every year from the virgins who partake in the traditional chastity rite held at the Ludzidzini Royal palace near Swaziland's capital Mbabane.

27/09/2017

Cinema

El Gouna Film Festival shows its humanity

The first edition of the El Gouna Film Festival was inaugurated last Friday at the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of El Gouna.

26/09/2017

No Comment

El Gouna film festival underway in Egypt

El Gouna film festival underway in Egypt

24/09/2017

Focus

Egypt looks to SMEs to push growth

Egypt’s economy has started to improve but has yet to recover from the country’s 2011 uprising and the years of unrest that followed – according to the Ratings Agency…

23/09/2017

Cult

African contemporary art is now on the map

It's the largest museum in the world dedicated to Afraican contemporary art. The Zeitz MOCAA in now opened in Cape town, South Africa

22/09/2017