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Benin adopts constitutional amendment to create Senate, extend presidential term

Benin's National Assembly has adopted a constitutional amendment extending presidential and legislative terms from five years to seven. It also creates a Senate, made up of between 25 to 30 members.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">

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DRC and M23 sign framework peace deal to end fighting in eastern Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework peace deal aimed in the at ending fighting in eastern Congo.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/15/drc-an

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CAR's top court clears Touadera to stand in December presidential election

Central African Republic’s top court has cleared President Faustin Archange Touadera to stand in next month’s presidential election.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/15/cars-top-court-clea

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Tanzania launches inquiry into post-election killings, President Hassan tells parliament

Tanzania is launching an inquiry into last month’s post-election killings, President Samia Suluhu Hassan told parliament on Friday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/15/tanzania-launches-in

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UN Security Council adopts draft resolution extending Yemen sanctions for another year

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a draft resolution renewing sanctions against Yemen for another 12 months.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/15/un-security-council-adopts-dr

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South African authorities under fire after 150 Palestinians stranded on plane for hours

South African authorities are facing heavy criticism after holding more than 150 Palestinians on a plane for 12 hours after they landed in Johannesburg on Thursday morning.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afric

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MSF: Hundreds subject to torture and sexual violence following RSF takeover of El-Fasher

International NGO Doctors without Borders, or MSF, says hundreds of people have been victims of torture and sexual violence since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur State.<div class="small-12 column

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U.S. to boycott G20 summit in South Africa over Trump's claims of white farmer "abuses"

The United States will officially boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, escalating a diplomatic dispute by reiterating his controversial claims about the treatment of white farmers in the country and cal

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Yesterday

Indigenous protesters halt COP30, demand seat at table in Amazon standoff

Approximately 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the UN climate conference (COP30) on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes Friday, culminating in a symbolic dialogue where the conference president held a protester's baby dur

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Novartis reveals new drug to fight malaria resistance and transmission

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has unveiled a next-generation malaria treatment that not only demonstrates a 97% cure rate but also blocks disease transmission, representing a potential breakthrough in combating drug-resistant strains of the deadly p

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Uncertainty surrounds location of 19 migrants deported to Ghana

Nineteen West African nationals deported from the United States to Ghana have been moved to undisclosed locations under armed guard, their lawyer revealed Thursday, raising alarms about the fate of migrants removed under the Trump administration's controv

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Ramaphosa says Palestinians who arrived in South Africa will not be turned back

Dozens of Palestinians who arrived in South Africa on a chartered flight will not be turned back, President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters on Friday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/ra

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UN orders probe into alleged atrocities in Sudanese city of Al-Fashir

Its resolution also called on the investigative team to "identify, where possible" suspected perpetrators in a bid to ensure they are "held accountable".<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/1

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Ivory Coast experiences increased refugee influx from Mali conflict

Ivory Coast is deploying additional security forces to its northern border following a surge in refugee arrivals linked to escalating attacks by armed groups in neighboring Mali, raising concerns about the southward spread of regional instability.<div cla

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Pix of the Day: November 14, 2025

Pix of the Day: November 14, 2025<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/pix-of-the-day-november-14-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=refe

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After initial denial, South Africa accepts 130 Palestinian entries

South African authorities initially barred then later granted entry to 130 Palestinian who arrived at O.R.T. International Airport this week, following humanitarian intervention and high-level government consultations after immigration officials identifie

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Algeria sees more than 22 wildfires in 8 provinces as southern winds see temperatures soar

Algeria has seen more than 22 forest fires across 8 of its provinces since Thursday, with the worst in the central Tipaza region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/algeria-sees-more-than

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Outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever claims 6 lives in Ethiopia: WHO responds

A suspected outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia has killed six people, including two healthcare workers, prompting an emergency response from the World Health Organization amid concerns over human-to-human transmission.<div class="sma

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Nigeria dumps mother-tongue education - just as Ghana embraces it. Who’s it right?

Africa’s latest education divide isn’t about budgets, access or even digital transformation, intrestingly, it’s about language, and two West African giants now sit on opposite sides of the debate.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

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Aimé Boji Sangara elected president of DRC National Assembly

The DRC’s National Assembly has a new president: Aimé Boji Sangara. Sangara was elected by Assembly vote on Thursday evening. He faced no challengers and won the support of 413 of the 423 deputies present.<div class="small-12 column text-center article_

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Rwandan government to build nearly 300 homes for genocide survivors

Kigali says it has set aside nearly $3.5 million for the homes which will be built in the 2025 to 2026 fiscal year.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/rwandan-government-to-build-nearly-3

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Africa’s growing influence at the Grammys

It’s not just about who’s nominated, African voices are gaining power within the Recording Academy itself.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/africas-growing-influence-at-the-grammys/?utm

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DR Congo produces first 1,000 tonnes of traceable artisanal cobalt

It says traceability will clean up the supply chain and align production with international environmental, social, and governance standards.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/dr-congo-pr

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Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, says Africa CDC

There are signs of progress in some areas: the Africa CDC reports that the outbreak in Congo is now under control, with cases declining.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/africa-faces-wo

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Mali sees record surge in foreign kidnappings by jihadist groups

With international actors increasingly targeted, the crisis poses growing risks for diplomacy, development projects, and regional security across West Africa.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025

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WHO warns Africa facing diabetes time bomb if current trend continues

November 14 marks World Diabetes Day and this year the World Health Organization is warning that Africa is facing an unprecedented rise in the disease.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/

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Nigeria's Dangote Group considers energy partnership with Zambia

The group's potential expansion into Zambia’s energy sector is an important step for the country’s investment portfolio.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/14/nigerias-dangote-group-consider

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Thursday, november 13, 2025

Conjoined twins Azaria and Azura Elson successfully separated in Riyadh

A specialized Saudi medical team has successfully separated Jamaican conjoined twins Azaria and Azura Elson in a landmark operation at King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, marking another milestone for the Kingdom's world-renowned conjoined twin

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UN elects Phoebe Okowa of Kenya to International Court of Justice (ICJ)

In a historic vote at the United Nations on Thursday, Kenyan law professor Phoebe Okowa was elected as a judge to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), emerging victorious from a competitive field of African candidates after a series of tense voting r

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Akon arrested for failing to attend court on license suspension

Hip-hop artist Akon was arrested last Friday in the Atlanta suburb of Chamblee for failing to appear in court on a citation for driving with a suspended license, according to local police records, leading to a brief jail stay before his release on bail th

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Climate Action tracker shows world is not on target to limit global warming to 1.5C

Climate experts meeting at the COP30 summit in Brazil on Thursday have been discussing the findings of the Climate Action tracker. They show that the world is not on target to meet its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.<div class="sma

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Sudan's unsung heroes, risk lives to feed and heal amid civil war

As Sudan's brutal civil war enters its second year, creating the world's worst humanitarian crisis, a generation of young volunteers has chosen to stay and confront the devastation, operating soup kitchens and medical aid stations to save their communitie

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Senegal's president orders formation of National Gold Trading Centre

Faced with massive illegal gold exports that have drained billions from the national economy, it would assert greater state control over the precious metal.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/1

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UN and AU deepen partnership to synchronize agendas and end continent's conflicts

The United Nations and African Union Commission have announced a strengthened collaboration to align their flagship development agendas, aiming to eradicate conflicts across Africa and rectify the continent's underrepresentation in global governance, part

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South Africa's finance minister slams Trump's genocide claims ahead of G20

Godongwana accused Washington of spreading fear and misinformation, while praising Afrikaner groups who publicly rejected Trump’s remarks as unpatriotic propaganda.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

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Nigeria scraps planned 15% import duty on petrol and diesel

Nigeria Scraps Planned 15% Import Duty on Petrol and Diesel<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/nigeria-scraps-planned-15-import-duty-on-petrol-and-diesel/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaig

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Ramaphosa criticizes Trump’s G20 boycott over land and genocide claims

South African leaders across the political spectrum have condemned the U.S. decision to boycott the upcoming G20 summit, with President Cyril Ramaphosa calling the move a "loss" for Washington and opposition figures decrying the baseless claims about the

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Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Jawhar Ben Mbarek assaulted in prison, family says

The family and lawyers of jailed Tunisian opposition leader Jawhar Ben Mbarek accused prison authorities on Wednesday of brutally assaulting him to try to force an end to his two-week-old hunger strike.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butt

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Court weighs bid to disqualify CAR president Touadéra from election

A constitutional court in the Central African Republic began examining on Wednesday a request to disqualify the head of state from the presidential election scheduled for next December.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http

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Epstein email says Trump 'knew about the girls'

Epstein email says Trump 'knew about the girls' as White House calls its release a Democratic smear<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/epstein-email-says-trump-knew-about-the-girls/?utm_s

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Kenya says former soldiers among citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine

It has urged people to exercise caution saying recruitment agencies are still actively working to lure more Kenyans into the conflict on false grounds.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/

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Africa hosts G20 for the first time: what the summit means for global influence

The recurring presence of former U.S. President Donald Trump in discussions about South Africa , and more recently Nigeria, highlights enduring geopolitical tensions and competing visions of influence on the African continent.<div class="small-12 column

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Cameroon updates deaths in post-election protests to 16

There has been widespread international criticism of the violent crackdown by security forces on the demonstrations.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/cameroon-updates-deaths-in-post-ele

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South Sudan's president sacks vice president and potential successor

Benjamin Bol Mel, who was appointed in February, was also stripped of his position as deputy leader of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement party.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11

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Gabon researchers test promising single-dose malaria treatment

For many Gabonese, malaria remains a constant struggle. Libreville resident Julicia Nfono says the disease keeps coming back despite preventive measures.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/1

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Tanzania's President Hassan nominates former Finance Minister Nchemba as next PM

Tanzania's President Hassan nominates former Finance Minister Nchemba as country's next prime minister.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/13/tanzanias-president-hassan-nominates-former-fina

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Mali’s foreign minister dismisses fears of jihadist takeover

Diop criticized those warnings as exaggerated and said Mali remains safe and open to foreigners. He added that relations with the U.S. are improving, with both countries engaged in dialogue on security and economic issues.<div class="small-12 column text-

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Wednesday, november 12, 2025

Algeria pardons jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal

Algeria granted a humanitarian pardon to French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal on Wednesday, releasing the 76-year-old writer after a year-long imprisonment that had sparked international condemnation and exposed deep diplomatic fissures between Algiers

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Political war erupts in Senegal between President Faye and PM Sonko

A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation's ruling coalition and raising fundamental questions about who truly holds political authority.<div class

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African Union says continent's rising debt crisis undermines development

The chairperson of the AU Commission says many governments are spending more on servicing debt than on investments in human development.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/african-union-s

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UN urges Libya to shut migrant detention centres

Libya is facing renewed pressure to shut down detention centers where rights groups say migrants and refugees are being tortured, abused, and in some cases, killed.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

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Gaza: soaring costs and empty pots leave families dependent on charity kitchens

Long after the guns fell silent, a new struggle defines daily life in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, where scores of displaced Palestinians, most of them children, now line up with empty pots at charity kitchens for their only guaranteed meal of the day.<d

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Morocco expects bumper olive harvest after years of drought

The Moroccan Olive Production Federation says it expects olive output to top 2 million tonnes, more than twice the amount of the previous year.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/morocco-

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Women Fleeing Sudan’s Al-Fashir Report Rape, Killings and Child Disappearances

In Sudan’s North Darfur, new accounts from women fleeing the city of Al-Fashir reveal horrifying scenes of violence and abuse after its capture by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http

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Six people die in a stampede during military recruitment in Ghana

At least six people lost their lives in a tragic crowd crush during a military recruitment exercise at Accra's El-Wak Sports Stadium in Ghana.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/six-peopl

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UN Tom Fletcher holds "constructive" talks with Sudanese army leader

The United Nations' top humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, met with Sudanese Armed Forces leader General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday, in a high-level diplomatic effort to secure critical access for life-saving aid delivery across the war-torn natio

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Turkey says all 20 soldiers killed in transport plane crash in Georgia

The C-130 plane had taken off from Ganja, Azerbaijan, and was heading home when the accident took place.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/turkey-says-all-20-soldiers-killed-in-transport

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A third of Japan-donated Mpox vaccines wasted in DRC due to storage challenges

Approximately 35% of mpox vaccines donated by Japan to combat a dangerous new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being wasted due to stringent preparation requirements that leave doses unusable within hours, the head of the country's mpox re

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Nigeria, US and UK probe $235m cocaine seizure at Lagos port

Nigeria’s anti-narcotics enforcement agency said on Tuesday it is working with its U.S. and British counterparts to “unravel the cartel behind the importation of 1,000 kilograms of cocaine” discovered at a port in Lagos.<div class="small-12 column text-ce

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Sudan’s North Darfur faces humanitarian collapse as displacement soars

In Sudan’s war-torn North Darfur, desperation is mounting as tens of thousands flee escalating violence. Displaced residents are calling for urgent humanitarian aid, warning that the situation in overcrowded camps is deteriorating rapidly.<div class="smal

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