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Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot

Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across

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US Gaza ceasefire plan approved by UN Security Council

The UN Security Council has approved the US plan for Gaza, marking a major diplomatic victory for Washington. The vote endorses President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan, which lays out a framework for halting hostilities and rebuilding Gaza.<div c

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DR Congo extends ban on mineral trade in war-hit east by six months

Officials say this is because of evidence that proceeds from the illegal supply from mines is being used to fund armed groups in the region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/dr-congo-ex

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Pix of the Day: November 18, 2025

Pix of the Day: November 18, 2025<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/pix-of-the-day-november-18-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=refe

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Islamic State group militants claim capture and execution of a Nigerian brigadier general

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier general, a claim Nigeria's Army has denied.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.

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South Africa says charter flight carrying Palestinians is part of plan to empty Gaza

South Africa's foreign minister said the plane "represents a broader agenda to remove Palestinians from Palestine."<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/south-africa-says-charter-flight-car

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Flooding in western Iran after months of severe drought

Rainfall levels across Iran have been 85 per cent below average, depleting dams and causing taps to run dry.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/flooding-in-western-iran-after-months-of-se

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One of 25 abducted Nigerian girls escapes captivity

One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state has escaped captivity and returned home.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/one-of-25-abducted

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What to know about abductions of schoolchildren in Nigeria

Kidnappers in the past have included the Boko Haram insurgency that carried out the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls over a decade ago, bringing the extremist group to global attention. But groups of bandits are also active.<div class="small-12 co

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Tanzanian president appoints daughter and son-in-law to cabinet

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter and son-in-law to key government positions.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/tanzanian-president-appoints-daughter-and

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Ndimande brothers charged with murder of South African rapper AKA

Two brothers, Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, accused in the high-profile killings of South African rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and businessman Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane, have been formally charged in Durban.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b

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Super Eagles boycott training over unpaid bonuses ahead of 2026 World Cup playoff vs Gabon

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have boycotted their training session in Rabat, Morocco, due to unpaid bonuses, raising concerns just days before their crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa play-off semi-final match against Gabon.<div class="small-12 column text-cent

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UN seeks to expand presence in Sudan as violence intensifies

"The UN is a ship that was not built to stay in the harbor," UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Monday, urging a dramatic expansion of UN presence in Sudan as violence intensifies in Darfur.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

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Nigeria: Families in agony as gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls, killing a staff member

Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member, in a tragic incident that has left communities and families devastated.<div class="small-12 column text-center art

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UN deputy chief says conflict and violence are the main drivers of food insecurity

Un Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said food "has become a weapon."<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/18/un-deputy-chief-says-conflict-and-violence-are-the-main-drivers-of-food-inse

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Yesterday

Ethiopia confirms three deaths in new Marburg virus outbreak

Three additional fatalities are being investigated for a possible connection to the disease.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/17/ethiopia-confirms-three-deaths-in-new-marburg-virus-outbrea

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Gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls in northwestern Nigeria

The attack took place before dawn on Monday. Gunmen also killed the school's vice principal.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/17/gunmen-abduct-25-schoolgirls-in-northwestern-nigeria/?utm_s

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African nations join coalition levying taxes on luxury air travel

A coalition of 13 countries has announced new taxes on luxury air travel, applying to private jets as well as business and first-class tickets. Most of the members are from the Global South.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href=

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ICC prosecutors seek life sentence for Janjaweed leader convicted of Darfur crimes

The International Criminal Court is pushing for the maximum penalty, life in prison, for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, a former commander of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed militia.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butt

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Mali opposition accuses military junta of failing to protect the country amid ongoing fuel crisis

For the last two months, Mali’s capital, Bamako, has face a growing shortage of petroleum products. Now the country’s opposition is urging the population to “open their eyes” to a regime that “seizes the nation” without protecting it.<div class="small-12

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Search continues for remains of three last Israeli hostages

Excavators searching for the remains of three Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas returned empty handed on Sunday, after a full day of searching for the last remaining bodies.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.af

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Pix of the Day: November 17, 2025

Pix of the Day: November 17, 2025<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/17/pix-of-the-day-november-17-2025/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_news_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=refe

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UK Home Secretary threatens to block visas for Angola, Namibia and DRC

The United Kingdom is threatening to restricts visas for nationals from three African countries that it has accused of not cooperating with the deportation of illegal immigrants.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

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Cracks between Senegal's Sonko-Ousmane alliance widening

For now, it’s the status quo — nothing has changed. Neither Bassirou Diomaye Faye nor Ousmane Sonko has spoken about the crisis shaking their party, their coalition, the “Diomaye President” coalition that brought Bassirou Diomaye Faye to power.<div class=

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Nigeria: Vice principal killed as armed men kidnap 25 students in Kebbi

At least 25 students have been abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Nigeria's Maga town, Kebbi State, following an overnight attack by gunmen.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afr

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Twin health crises: Marburg and cholera challenge Africa’s health system

Africa is being faced with a rare and worrying convergence. Ethiopia has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus, what many have described as a deadly relative of Ebola, while across the continent, cholera is surging at its fastest pace in

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Madagascar’s New Leader Randrianirina outlines bold Roadmap in first national address

Nearly a month after being sworn in as Madagascar’s President, Michael Randrianirina, made his highly anticipated first address to the nation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/17/madagasca

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Somalia confirms cyberattack on e-visa system exposing travellers’ data

The Immigration and Citizenship Agency said it had launched an investigation into the breach and moved the e-visa platform to a new website.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/11/17/somalia-con

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We can work it out: Trump indicates plan to meet with NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani

President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they'll “work something out," in what could be a detente for the Republican president and Democratic political star who have cast each o

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At least 32 dead in Congo mine bridge collapse

A bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Congo collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at least 32 people, a regional government official said Sunday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2

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Bizmoun Cave reveals new clues about early human life in Morocco

Archaeologists are delving deep into Bizmoun Cave, uncovering new clues about early human life in Morocco. The National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage, part of the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, has launched a fresh wave of researc

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Caribbean delegation seeks justice for slavery in Britain

A CARICOM Reparations Commission delegation is visiting the United Kingdom from November 17 to 20, 2025, to meet with British officials and lawmakers to discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butto

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WFP decries atrocities in Sudan’s El-Fasher amid humanitarian crisis

The deputy executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) expressed outrage over the "terrible atrocities" that recently took place in the city of el-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="h

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Science mission finds glimmer of hope for marine biodiversity in ocean depths off Comoros

As world leaders meet at the COP30 summit in Brazil, the urgent need to hit a global target of protecting 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030 has been brought into stark focus by an international science mission which has just returned with new eviden

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Sunday, november 16, 2025

Iran scrambles to induce rain as years-long drought triggers water crisis

A cloud-seeding flight was conducted on Saturday over the country's largest lake, officials said. Tehran is now in its sixth year of drought. High temperatures over the summer led to power outages<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

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First strong winter rains soak Gaza's makeshift shelters

Winter's first strong rainfall sent water cascading through parts of Gaza's sprawling Muwasi tent camp on Saturday, as the territory struggles to cope with flooding and devastated infrastructure after two years of war<div class="small-12 column text-cente

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UN officials warn of worsening situation in Sudan

Officials from the UN refugee agency, World Health Organization and UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service) on Friday delivered stark warnings over the deteriorating situation in Sudan<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="ht

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Haitian town buries its Hurricane Melissa victims

Eighteen caskets, topped with bright yellow and orange flowers, were carried into a public plaza where a crowd gathered to say their goodbyes in Petit-Goave, southern Haiti<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afric

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COP30: UN urges protection for climate migrants

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling on global leaders to protect the rights and dignity of those living on the frontlines of the climate crisis, including migrants and displaced persons, Indigenous Peoples, and traditional and lo

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Saturday, november 15, 2025

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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Friday, november 14, 2025

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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