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Eyewitnessess describe moments before deadly Kenya helicopter crash

Residents of Samburu County in northern Kenya have been describing the moments before a deadly helicopter crash that killed all seven people on board.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/e

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Algerian police seize 33 kg of cocaine in major drug bust

Algerian police released video on Thursday reportedly showing the results of a major drug bust. Police said they seized some 33 kilos of cocaine and more than 10 million capsules of the psychotropic substance pregabalin.<div class="small-12 column text-ce

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China-Africa media cooperation: Building skills for the AI era

As the media landscape becomes increasingly digital and intelligent, the message from Beijing is clear: skills, technology and knowledge-sharing will be central to Africa’s ability to shape its own digital future.<div class="small-12 column text-center ar

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French presidential hopeful Philippe vows to crack down on immigration to Mayotte

During a visit to Mayotte on Friday, France’s former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe vowed to crack down on immigration to the French overseas territory if he’s elected to the presidency next year.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><

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Chad opposition figure, Succes Masra, calls for reconciliation after his release

Masra, one of the president's fiercest critics, was sentenced to 20 years in prison a year ago, convicted of hate speech, xenophobia and having incited a massacre.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com

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Duck brigade replaces pesticides on wine farm in South Africa

Indian runner ducks are used, alongside sheep and cattle, at Vergenoegd Löw to control insects and trim down crops and weeds in the vineyards.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/duck-brig

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Guinea-Bissau opposition calls for boycott of constitutional referendum

Guinea-Bissau’s opposition PAIGC is calling for a boycott of the country’s upcoming constitutional referendum, citing fears of rigged vote.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/guinea-bissa

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Nigeria: Religious leaders unite for social peace in West Africa

The initiative sends a powerful message: religious diversity does not have to divide societies. It can become a foundation for dialogue, solidarity and lasting peace.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.

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South African police arrest five people in $37 million drug bust

The suspects were allegedly operating a multimillion-dollar crystal methamphetamine manufacturing operation on a farm in Limpopo province.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/south-african

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New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic

New videos filmed at the Zamboye mining site on 18 August appears to show the moment a landslide swept through an artisanal gold mine in the Central African Republic, burying miners beneath earth and sand.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b

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Tanzanian opposition leader to face trial on treason charges

Tundu Lissu has been detained since April last year for allegedly inciting the public to boycott the November elections.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/tanzanian-opposition-leader-to-

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Police summon Zambian opposition leader for questioning after disputed vote

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile has been summoned for questioning by police over an alleged national security threat. Mundubile lost to incumbent Hakainde Hichilema in last week's presidential election and has vowed to challenge the results in c

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DRC Ebola outbreak growing 'exponentially,' UN warns, as deaths exceed 2,500

The Ebola outbreak raging through the Democratic Republic of the Congo is growing "exponentially," the United Nations warned on Friday, as the number of deaths from the virus passed 2,500.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="h

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Benin cyberactivist Steve Amoussou freed after two-year sentence

Beninese cyberactivist Steve Amoussou has been released after serving a two-year prison sentence for charges including politically motivated insult and spreading false news. His case had become a prominent test of the government's treatment of critics and

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Belgian university suspends academic who accused Arday of plagiarism

Researcher Nathan Cofnas said in a post on X that he was under investigation by Ghent University for "discriminating" against the late Cambridge professor.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08

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Hungary’s lakes and rivers hit record lows as severe drought deepens

Hungary is facing a severe water crisis, with prolonged heat and drought driving water levels sharply lower. Around 99% of the country is under severe or extreme drought, while desertification threatens the Great Hungarian Plain.<div class="small-12 colum

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Libya: Fifteen years after Gaddafi, country still divided

Fifteen years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains deeply divided. Hopes for stability following the 2011 revolution have given way to a prolonged political, institutional and security crisis, fuelled by the existence of two rival centres of p

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Mongolia hosts UN desertification summit as drought crisis deepens

Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.<div class="sm

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South Africa: Beauty Queen Chidimma Adetshina fights deportation

South Africa: Beauty Queen Chidimma Adetshina Fights Deportation<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/south-africa-beauty-queen-chidimma-adetshina-fights-deportation/?utm_source=test_mrss&u

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Drone strike wounds 13 in Tigray capital as fears of renewed war grow

A drone strike on Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, injured at least 13 people, including five children, a hospital official said Thursday. The attack comes amid growing tensions between federal and Tigrayan forces and fears the region cou

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First-ever mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau with children the most vulnerable

UNICEF says it is very concerning that half of the 46 suspected cases are children under the age of 15.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/first-ever-mpox-cases-reported-in-guinea-bissau-

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London Bus Stop named after Nigerian content creator ‘Bus Aunty’

A Nigerian mental health nurse and content creator known online as “Bus Aunty” has had a London bus stop named after her, following years of documenting her fascination with the city’s buses.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href

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Mexico: Aura battles turn a viral meme into live contests

Young Mexicans are taking part in 'aura battles', where creativity, confidence and humour decide the winner. The trend is moving from social media to live events.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/20

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New protests in Tunisia calling for ousting of President Kais Saied

It comes amid growing economic pressures during a summer of extreme heat that has left many Tunisians short of water and electricity.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/new-protests-in-tu

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Spain moves hundreds of migrants from Ceuta beach to temporary shelters

Spain began relocating migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach on Thursday, 20 August, nearly three weeks after a mass border surge left thousands living without adequate shelter in the North African enclave.<div class="small-12 colum

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Kyiv residents search through the wreckage after Russia’s deadly barrage

Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="h

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Central African Republic shuts Zamboye gold mine after deadly collapse

Authorities in the Central African Republic have closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, according to the official toll. Local sources say the death toll could be around 100, with many miners sti

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First US deportees arrive in Liberia under controversial third-country deal

Twenty migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Liberia, the first group of up to 1,200 people the West African country says it will receive under a new agreement.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://ww

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Thursday, august 20, 2026

Phone app helps Kenya's visually impaired get around

A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi. 'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sen

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Egypt and Qatar stress need for dialogue over Strait of Hormuz

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Cairo on Thursday for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional deescalation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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RSF calls for release of French journalists detained in Togo

Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is calling for the release of two French journalists and their fixer detained in Togo.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/rsf-calls-for-release-of

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Cameroon's President Biya returns home after unexplained 10-week absence

President Paul Biya, 93, returned to Cameroon on Thursday, after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about his health.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/cameroons-president-biya-re

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DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses for outbreak response

WHO experts say early evidence, including animal studies, suggests Ervebo could offer some protection—and the new trial will seek to establish whether that protection extends to humans.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http

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Chinese court sentences founder of troubled property developer Evergrande to life in prison

Hui was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) in 2024 and banned from China's securities markets for life by the China Securities Regulatory Commission over inflating company financial results, among other issues.<div class="small-12 column text-center art

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Spanish government creates new migrant shelters to ease Ceuta crisis

On Thursday morning, it began relocating over 1,000 people from the beach to reception centres set up in army tents.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/spanish-government-creates-new-migr

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DR Congo: Prosecutors seek 15-year prison sentence for ex-justice minister

They accuse Constant Mutamba of being the mastermind behind the fraudulent disbursement of some $20 million from the Uganda Victims’ Reparation Fund.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/dr

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Nigeria's federal government moves to decriminalise attempted suicide

Health Minister Ali Pate said the reform aims at reducing suicide deaths and attempts by 15 per cent by 2030.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/nigerias-federal-government-moves-to-decri

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HRW says Russian paramilitaries killed 9 civilians in Mali

The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with criminal gangs and armed separatists.<div class="small-12 column text-center a

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UAE's indefinite trade embargo puts further pressure on Iranian economy

Analysts say the decision will deepen the hardship of ordinary Iranians already under strain.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/uaes-indefinite-trade-embargo-puts-further-pressure-on-ira

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DRC: M23 tightens movement controls as Ebola outbreak surpasses 5,000 cases

The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is tightening restrictions on movement after two travellers from a government-held area tested positive for Ebola in rebel territory, adding another challenge to efforts to contain the cou

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Tibetan protesters in New Dehli denounce China with shaved heads and prayers

Hundreds of Tibetan exiles gathered in New Delhi on Thursday, 20 August, to protest against China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/20/tibetan-protesters-

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Zambian opposition leader to challenge presidential poll results in court

Brian Mundubile alleges his campaign documented 'serious irregularities' and inconsistences in the conduct, counting, transmission, and declaration of results.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/202

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Sirens, shelters and scaled-back war games: South Korea rehearses for crisis

South Korea held a nationwide civil defence drill on Thursday, 20 August, as part of the annual Ulchi Exercise, with authorities rehearsing responses to a national emergency such as an air raid.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a h

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Former Zambian minister killed in post-election security raid

A former Zambian cabinet minister was shot dead during a security operation at the home of opposition leader Brian Mundubile, police said Wednesday, days after President Hakainde Hichilema won a second term amid opposition claims of irregularities and int

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Former Liberian vice president charged in transnational drug probe

Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and related offences in an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href

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Kyiv residents rescued as Russian strikes damage buildings across the city

Russia’s overnight missile barrage killed at least 12 people in Kyiv on Thursday, 20 August, as residents were rescued from damaged buildings and firefighters battled fires across the capital.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hre

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Regional body says Haiti need help ahead of holding first election in a decade

The Caribbean country is due to hold its first polls in a decade amid ongoing violence by gangs who control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/20/regiona

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China showcases next‑gen humanoid robots as US curbs push firms abroad

At the World Robot Conference in Beijing on 19 August, more than 300 companies displayed humanoid, industrial and service robots, highlighting the sector’s push into factories and commercial settings.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button

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Death toll rises above 100 in Central African Republic mine collapse

The death toll from a gold mine collapse in western Central African Republic has risen above 100, with several others still missing or trapped underground. The disaster struck an artisanal mine near the Cameroon border, highlighting the dangers facing tho

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Senegal opposition presses president to set local election date

Senegal’s opposition is urging President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to set a date for local elections, turning the vote into a potential early showdown with former ally Ousmane Sonko.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

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Wednesday, august 19, 2026

UN flag at half-mast to honour humanitarian workers killed in line of duty

Marking World Humanitarian Day on Wednesday, the United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast at the UN headquarters in Nairobi. The gesture recognises the humanitarian workers who lost their lives while serving others.<div class="small-12 column text-ce

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Tanzanian newspaper suspended for six months over report on government divisions

Tanzania has suspended a weekly newspaper for six months over alleged breaches of media law, the information ministry said Wednesday, after the outlet published a story alleging government divisions.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"

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Sudan war: 318 RSF fighters defect to army in latest blow to paramilitary

Sudan’s army says 318 Rapid Support Forces fighters, including four commanders, have defected and joined its ranks in the latest apparent surrender by paramilitary personnel. The move comes as defections increase and fighting continues to devastate the co

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Inflation and security top voter concerns as Nigeria election campaign kicks off

Campaigning for Nigeria’s general election got underway on Wednesday and voters are already making one thing clear: they want straight answers from the candidates about how they’ll improve the lives of citizens.<div class="small-12 column text-center arti

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Kenya helicopter crash kills seven in Samburu, including six tourists

Seven people, including six tourists and the pilot, have died after a helicopter came down near Mount Ololokwe in central Kenya, according to air accident officials.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.c

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Chad welcomes back French military less than two years ending defence agreement

Less than two years after France handed back its last military base in Chad, the two countries appear to be rebuilding their military ties.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/19/chad-welcome

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DR Congo says Ebola cases exceed 5,000 with 2,378 deaths

Responders are warning the deadly haemorrhagic virus is spreading at an unprecedented rate, outpacing efforts to slow it in the remote eastern part of the country.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com

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Russia and Ukraine Exchange 103 Prisoners Each in Latest Swap

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 103 prisoners each in their latest wartime swap, with the United Arab Emirates acting as mediator. The release offers another rare point of cooperation between the two sides as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict remai

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UN calls on Zambia to stop arbitrary arrests of opposition figures

The United Nations rights chief has called on Zambia to stop arbitrary arrests and uphold the rights of all those detained. The statement from UN High Commissioner Volker Türk follows reports of arrests and detention of opposition figures in Zambia before

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Dozens killed in Central African Republic gold mine collapse

A landslide at an illegal gold mine in the western Central African Republic has killed several dozen people, with local sources estimating the toll at up to 100. Rescue teams are searching for survivors as authorities struggle to establish the final death

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