http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:42 +0200 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:42 +0200 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/2026/06/25/laissons-parler-les-gens-podcast-addresses-issues-facing-young-africans-online http://www.euronews.com/2026/06/25/laissons-parler-les-gens-podcast-addresses-issues-facing-young-africans-online Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:34 +0200 Youssoupha acknowledged cyberbullying and harassment were part of the challenges facing young Africans today, but he urged the youth to focus on the positives. http://www.euronews.com/2026/03/18/south-african-town-divided-over-renaming-after-robert-sobukwe http://www.euronews.com/2026/03/18/south-african-town-divided-over-renaming-after-robert-sobukwe Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:29:37 +0100 The nearly 250-year-old town, known for its Cape Dutch architecture and tourism appeal, is among more than 1,500 places renamed since the end of apartheid to shed colonial-era legacies. But here, the change has sparked protests, petitions and concern over its real impact on everyday lives. http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/04/dr-congo-rwanda-peace-deal-faces-skepticism-as-violence-persists-in-goma http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/04/dr-congo-rwanda-peace-deal-faces-skepticism-as-violence-persists-in-goma Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:23:14 +0100 On the frontline, both sides accuse each other of violating the cease-fire. The Congolese army says rebels reignited hostilities, while AFC-M23 counters that government forces bombed their positions http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/04/south-africas-gang-rape-incident-is-a-shame-to-nation-police-chief http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/04/south-africas-gang-rape-incident-is-a-shame-to-nation-police-chief Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:46:52 +0200 South Africa’s gang rape incident is a “shame to nation” - Police chief http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/17/us-denies-hushpuppi-committed-internet-fraud-from-prison http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/17/us-denies-hushpuppi-committed-internet-fraud-from-prison Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:39:10 +0100 The US government has dismissed claims that the detained Nigerian influencer Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, executed a $400,000 (£304,000) internet fraud from prison. http://www.euronews.com/2018/12/26/france-clears-rwandan-officials-in-1994-president-killing-case http://www.euronews.com/2018/12/26/france-clears-rwandan-officials-in-1994-president-killing-case Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:07:44 +0100 Rwanda said on Dec. 24 that it welcomed the definitive end of what it called a politically-motivated investigation. http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/09/eritrea-ethiopia-set-to-re-establish-diplomatic-and-trade-ties http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/09/eritrea-ethiopia-set-to-re-establish-diplomatic-and-trade-ties Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:18:23 +0200 After long years of hostility, Eritrea and Ethiopia are set to re-establish diplomatic and trade ties. http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/08/eritrea-lines-up-asmara-streets-with-ethiopian-flags-to-welcome-ethiopia-pm http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/08/eritrea-lines-up-asmara-streets-with-ethiopian-flags-to-welcome-ethiopia-pm Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:25:42 +0200 Following the historic visit to Addis Ababa by an Eritrean delegation last month, it was announced that Abiy Ahmed would soon meet Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/25/nigeria-gov-t-confirms-110-girls-missing-after-boko-haram-attack http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/25/nigeria-gov-t-confirms-110-girls-missing-after-boko-haram-attack Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:54:53 +0100 One hundred and ten girls remain unaccounted for following an attack on a school in the town of Dapchi in the northeastern Nigerian state of Yobe, the country’s information ministry said on Sunday. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/19/malawi-cholera-cases-pass-500-eight-people-dead http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/19/malawi-cholera-cases-pass-500-eight-people-dead Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:14:54 +0100 Ministry of Health spokesman Joshua Malango said the number of cases had increased to 527 from 157 recorded in January, and that deaths had doubled from four to eight. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/19/botswana-hangs-man-who-murdered-girlfriend-and-son-in-2010 http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/19/botswana-hangs-man-who-murdered-girlfriend-and-son-in-2010 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 09:38:58 +0100 Joseph Poni Tselayarona, 28, was executed on Saturday after the 2010 murder of his girlfriend and her three-year-old son, the Botswana Prison Service said. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/16/libya-to-mark-7-years-since-revolution http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/16/libya-to-mark-7-years-since-revolution Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:09:40 +0100 Since the fall of Gaddafi in 2011, which led to the disintegration of the security apparatus, Libya has been torn apart by the struggle for influence http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/25/kenya-votes-2017-have-a-look-at-the-electoral-system http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/25/kenya-votes-2017-have-a-look-at-the-electoral-system Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:00:00 +0200 Among the requirements to be a candidate includes having a post-secondary school qualification and having no conviction of an election offence during the preceding five years. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/live-thousands-queue-to-vote-for-new-president-in-liberia http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/live-thousands-queue-to-vote-for-new-president-in-liberia Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:00:00 +0200 Ex-football star, George Weah of the Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) will face current vice-president, Joseph Boakai of the ruling Unity Party (UP) in a race to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/we-are-ready-for-elections-there-is-no-room-for-cheating-liberia-ec http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/10/we-are-ready-for-elections-there-is-no-room-for-cheating-liberia-ec Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:22:38 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/02/at-least-8-dead-in-cameroon-anglophone-independence-protests http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/02/at-least-8-dead-in-cameroon-anglophone-independence-protests Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:18:17 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/01/plague-spreading-rapidly-in-madagascar-who http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/01/plague-spreading-rapidly-in-madagascar-who Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:24:56 +0200 The World Health organisation has warned that a deadly plague has been spreading rapidly since august in Madagascar calling for a quick action. http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/07/live-angola-elects-mps-and-president-as-dos-santos-bows-out http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/07/live-angola-elects-mps-and-president-as-dos-santos-bows-out Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:51:00 +0200 Angola's elections body has released final results of the August 23 polls. The ruling MPLA won by 61.07% picking 150 seats in the 220 seater parliament. Joao Lourenco was also declared president-elect http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/18/zimbabwe-national-airline-banned-from-eu-skies-over-safety-concerns http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/18/zimbabwe-national-airline-banned-from-eu-skies-over-safety-concerns Thu, 18 May 2017 05:30:00 +0200 Zimbabwe's national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, has been blacklisted by the European Union (EU) from operating in EU skies. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/20/egypt-world-s-heaviest-woman-loses-half-her-weight-after-surgery http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/20/egypt-world-s-heaviest-woman-loses-half-her-weight-after-surgery Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:36:19 +0200 Earlier in March this year, the Hindustan Times reported that Eman had been put on a liquid diet that contains proteins and dietary fibers leading to the loss of 100kg since she underwent surgery in F http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/20/nigeria-meningitis-death-toll-rises-745-killed http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/20/nigeria-meningitis-death-toll-rises-745-killed Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:27:45 +0200 A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed 745 people, an increase of more than 50 percent in barely a week, officials said Wednesday, sounding the alarm over the feared epidemic. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/14/1000-days-with-boko-haram-any-hope-for-the-remaining-196-chibok-schoolgirls http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/14/1000-days-with-boko-haram-any-hope-for-the-remaining-196-chibok-schoolgirls Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0200 The world was struck with distraught in April 2014 when Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram raided a school's dormitories at night in the northern town of Chibok and abducted 276 schoolgirls. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/06/rhino-horn-sale-legal-in-south-africa-after-court-dismisses-2009-ban http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/06/rhino-horn-sale-legal-in-south-africa-after-court-dismisses-2009-ban Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:42:03 +0200 South Africa's highest court has dismissed an appeal by government to uphold a ban on the sale of rhino horns in the country. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/05/somalia-at-least-seven-dead-in-an-explosion-in-mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/05/somalia-at-least-seven-dead-in-an-explosion-in-mogadishu Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:49:00 +0200 The explosion was caused by a vehicle that had been parked near a restaurant in central Mogadishu. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/03/mugabe-presented-with-special-chair-as-belated-birthday-gift http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/03/mugabe-presented-with-special-chair-as-belated-birthday-gift Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:18 +0200 The president, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on February 21, was presented a 9 carat customized wrist watch and a pen in addition to the chair on Monday morning during a ceremony at the State House http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/02/ethiopian-maid-in-kuwait-i-wasn-t-attempting-suicide-in-cruel-employer-s-viral http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/02/ethiopian-maid-in-kuwait-i-wasn-t-attempting-suicide-in-cruel-employer-s-viral Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:13:39 +0200 An Ethiopian maid who survived a fall from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait's Sabah el-Salem area while her employer filmed has explained that she wasn't trying to commit suicide. http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/26/the-plight-of-tanzanian-albinos http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/26/the-plight-of-tanzanian-albinos Sun, 26 Mar 2017 09:34:55 +0200 Body parts of albinos are highly sought in some African countries, where some mistakenly believe they bring wealth and good luck http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/23/ten-egyptian-troops-killed-by-bombs-during-sinai-fighting http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/23/ten-egyptian-troops-killed-by-bombs-during-sinai-fighting Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:45:30 +0100 Ten members of Egypt's security forces were killed by bombs which struck their vehicles in central Sinai, a military spokesman said on Thursday, during an operation targeting what the army described a http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/23/rwandans-demand-apology-from-french-media-for-photo-misrepresentation http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/23/rwandans-demand-apology-from-french-media-for-photo-misrepresentation Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100 The protest was sparked by the fact that a picture of French soldiers was not used for the story which was originally written by French news agency AFP with the headline: French prosecutors want Centr http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/17/depth-of-the-worst-drought-since-1945-peaking-in-parts-of-africa http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/17/depth-of-the-worst-drought-since-1945-peaking-in-parts-of-africa Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:00:15 +0100 The Horn of Africa is facing its third consecutive year of drought causing thirst and hunger, decimating livestock, destroying livelihoods, spreading disease and triggering large scale population move http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/ethiopia-death-toll-in-addis-ababa-rubbish-dump-landslide-rises-to-115 http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/ethiopia-death-toll-in-addis-ababa-rubbish-dump-landslide-rises-to-115 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:51:18 +0100 Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday as the death toll from a landslide at a rubbish landfill site ro http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/10/nigeria-buhari-returns-home-after-uk-medical-leave http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/10/nigeria-buhari-returns-home-after-uk-medical-leave Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:31:20 +0100 Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday asked the vice president, yemi Osinbajo to continue in the capacity of acting president while he takes rest. http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/08/egyptian-who-is-world-s-heaviest-woman-loses-100kg-in-3-weeks http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/08/egyptian-who-is-world-s-heaviest-woman-loses-100kg-in-3-weeks Wed, 08 Mar 2017 15:42:23 +0100 She was admitted to the Indian hospital in February after a Mumbai-based surgeon, Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, raised funds to have her flown over for treatment. http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/01/african-leaders-back-plan-for-icc-withdrawal http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/01/african-leaders-back-plan-for-icc-withdrawal Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:00:00 +0100 Africa has 34 signatories to the Rome Statute, the treaty which set up the court. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/31/female-only-driving-school-aims-to-challenge-gender-stereotypes-in-egypt http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/31/female-only-driving-school-aims-to-challenge-gender-stereotypes-in-egypt Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:00:00 +0100 A female-only driving school in Cairo is hoping to motivate more women to get behind the wheel and learn the basics of car maintenance. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/30/eritrean-president-describes-hollande-and-merkel-as-mentally-disturbed http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/30/eritrean-president-describes-hollande-and-merkel-as-mentally-disturbed Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:00:00 +0100 He specifically took jibes at French President Francois Hollande and his German counterpart, Angela Merkel. Afwerki described both leaders as being mentally disturbed and that they were among those wh http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/19/live-gambia-crisis-jammeh-sticks-to-plan-barrow-maps-out-plan-ecowas-force http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/19/live-gambia-crisis-jammeh-sticks-to-plan-barrow-maps-out-plan-ecowas-force Thu, 19 Jan 2017 10:06:55 +0100 Jammeh a 90-day state of emergency on Tuesday evening, a situation that makes the scheduled swearing-in of the president-elect, Adama Barrow, close to impossible at least on Gambian soil. Barrow's cam http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/03/two-awards-in-one-year-as-africanews-celebrates-first-anniversary http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/03/two-awards-in-one-year-as-africanews-celebrates-first-anniversary Tue, 03 Jan 2017 09:07:43 +0100 Africanews launched its online platform on January 4, 2016 and already, the pan-African media has won two awards. http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/21/drc-sporadic-gunfire-in-kinshasa-un-confirms-19-deaths http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/21/drc-sporadic-gunfire-in-kinshasa-un-confirms-19-deaths Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:09:56 +0100 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. http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/21/drc-crisis-south-africa-expresses-concern-calls-for-restraint http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/21/drc-crisis-south-africa-expresses-concern-calls-for-restraint Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:52:58 +0100 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 http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/05/closed-down-fake-us-embassy-in-ghana-issued-genuine-visas-for-10-years http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/05/closed-down-fake-us-embassy-in-ghana-issued-genuine-visas-for-10-years Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:17:50 +0100 The United States (US) Department of State has reported the closure of a fake US embassy in Ghana's capital, Accra. The embassy had operated for a decade and had managed to issue genuine visas to appl http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/28/two-women-defy-the-odds-to-run-for-president-in-somalia http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/28/two-women-defy-the-odds-to-run-for-president-in-somalia Mon, 28 Nov 2016 06:41:41 +0100 Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader till until recently when two women took a step to make that dream a reality. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/27/military-veterans-train-rangers-in-south-africa http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/27/military-veterans-train-rangers-in-south-africa Sun, 27 Nov 2016 16:02:14 +0100 Veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere are teaching military techniques to South African rangers. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/17/uganda-man-nabbed-in-fake-120m-arms-deal http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/17/uganda-man-nabbed-in-fake-120m-arms-deal Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:00:44 +0100 Uganda's police said on Tuesday they had nabbed a con man suspected of swindling a Polish weapons manufacturer into signing a bogus $120m arms deal. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/15/kenyan-couple-name-their-son-donald-trump-fend-off-criticisms http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/15/kenyan-couple-name-their-son-donald-trump-fend-off-criticisms Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:05:00 +0100 The baby, Donald Trump Otieno, was born to Mr Felix Otieno and Ms Lorna Akoth on August 9 this year. The couple said there was a party planned to celebrate the 3-month old baby Trump. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/09/twitter-mocks-nigerian-preacher-for-deleting-anti-trump-prophecy http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/09/twitter-mocks-nigerian-preacher-for-deleting-anti-trump-prophecy Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:20:22 +0100 Popular Nigerian television evangelist, T.B. Joshua, has deleted the Facebook post in which he predicted a close contest in the United States (US) elections of November 8. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/09/trump-is-the-white-malcolm-x-obama-s-half-brother-celebrates http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/09/trump-is-the-white-malcolm-x-obama-s-half-brother-celebrates Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:29:57 +0100 President Barack Obama's half-brother, Malik Obama, has congratulated Donald Trump – the Republican candidate and President-elect of the United States of America. http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/23/26-hostages-released-by-somali-pirates-after-nearly-five-years-in-captivity http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/23/26-hostages-released-by-somali-pirates-after-nearly-five-years-in-captivity Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:53:08 +0200 Somali pirates have released 26 Asian hostages held for nearly five years after the hijacking of their fishing vessel, the last commercial ship seized at the height of the country’s piracy scourge, http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/20/general-butt-naked-pleads-for-funding-and-liberia-s-forgiveness http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/20/general-butt-naked-pleads-for-funding-and-liberia-s-forgiveness Thu, 20 Oct 2016 17:25:19 +0200 A former notorious Liberian warlord "General Butt Naked," who repented of his atrocities and became a preacher seeks for funding for his project. http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/20/school-in-the-day-brothel-at-night-ugandan-teachers-fight-trespassers http://www.euronews.com/2016/10/20/school-in-the-day-brothel-at-night-ugandan-teachers-fight-trespassers Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:38:08 +0200 Two government primary schools in Uganda's Kisima island in the central part of the country has been invaded by residents who engage in sexual activity at night.