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Discover Africa on a plate at Expo 2020 Dubai

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At Expo 2020 Dubai, countries from around the world will showcase their national dishes, giving visitors the opportunity to taste traditional and specialised cuisines from more than 200 different outlets. Perhaps the most underrated cuisine currently making an impact is from Africa.

Destinations

Why you should visit 'the city with 320 days of sunshine' in 2022

South Africa’s second largest city, Durban, is famous for its beaches, bunny chows and rich cultural history.

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Rainforests in the DRC: "a solution" for climate change

In partnership with The European Union Delegation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Congo Basin is home to the second-largest tropical forest on the planet. We take a look at how the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the help of the EU is helping to fight climate change and restore biodiversity there.

Sierra Leone

Fuel tanker fire kills more than 90 outside Sierra Leone's capital

The explosion occurred after a large crowd had gathered to collect leaking fuel after a bus collided with the tanker late on Friday.

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Destinations

Zanzibar: Plan your 2022 trip to this stunning island

As tourism revives in Zanzibar, the island offers its visitors an almost private experience for less money than you'd imagine.

Japan

Japan's low carbon technology lights up Kenya

In partnership with The Government of Japan

Japan’s expertise in low carbon technology is playing a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, particularly in developing countries, where such technologies are often out of reach. We take a look at how Kenya is benefitting from Japanese help.

World News

EU, African leaders to meet on sidelines of G20

European Union leaders will meet with African leaders in efforts to further support the continent’s poorest economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opening of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco)

Opening of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco)

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"The dreams we have for our children are the same across the board," Angelique Kidjo

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Euronews talks to award winning Beninese singer-songwriter and activist Angelique Kidjo about her music, passions and work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Health news

WHO recommends world's first malaria vaccine for African children

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called it a "historic moment".

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Coast guard rescue migrants off coast of Lampedusa

The Italian Coast Guard rescued 125 migrants along the coast of Lampedusa. The organisation said the migrants were trapped on a reef, pushed there by rough seas.

Climate

Which country is being hit with the first climate change famine?

“If we don't reverse this crisis, families will starve and lives will be lost," says the UN.

Nature

Which country is planting a tree for every baby that is born?

How a reforesting scheme first launched over a decade ago formed one of the world’s most effective environmental partnerships.

Cry Like A Boy

Photo gallery: Burundi's women's status is being rethought

In Burundi, a country affected by gender inequalities, many women are victims of violence, particularly sexual violence. How are these inequalities evolving in Burundi today? Is there an improvement?

Tech News

Euroviews. COVID vaccine passports are a new international crisis in the making

As Europe rolls out COVID digital health IDs in the hope of getting back to normal, vaccine passports could leave developing countries left out.

Climate

'Everyone has a role to play in the climate crisis', says UN expert

The UN climate report is meant to serve as a warning for the whole of humanity, instructing developing countries, and particularly African countries, to turn to climate-friendly infrastructures.

Business

DRC: a new narrative emerges

In partnership with Primature DRC

There is a breath of fresh air in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After not receiving any significant foreign economic support for over nine years, the country has just finalised a new economic programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Focus

DRC's drive to move forward

In partnership with Primature DRC

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is striving to break from its economic and Covid challenges with dynamic initiatives in education and investment

World News

UN agencies say millions at risk of famine without massive aid influx

Aid agencies have isolated global 23 hotspots where food shortages are the most acute.

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | The women who redefined the frontline in Liberia's civil war

Liberia had been in a spiral of violence, hunger and death for more than a decade when the country's women said enough was enough and united to end the war. #CryLikeaBoy