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Eritrea's Biniam Girmay makes history at Tour de France

Biniam Girmay, the Eritrean cyclist, made history by becoming the first Black African rider to claim victory in a Tour de France stage on Monday.

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Yesterday

Stakes high as far-right victory in first round raises concerns in French elections

A handful of French left-leaning lawmakers arriving at the National Assembly building in Paris on Monday shared their views on how to counter the surge in support for right-wing politics in the first round of snap parliamentary elections.

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WATCH: Amsterdam's Oosterpark hosts national slavery remembrance

The Netherlands commemorated the abolition of slavery with a national ceremony in Amsterdam's Oosterpark.

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WATCH: Deadly russian strike in Kharkiv

A Russian strike on Kharkiv's Slobid district killed one person and injured nine, including an eight-month-old baby, on June 30.

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa unveils new cabinet

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement in the continent's most industrialized country after the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in a

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Israel releases 55 Palestinians it had detained from Gaza

The release of Mohammed Abu Selmia without charge or trial raised further questions about Israel's allegations regarding Shifa Hospital, which its forces have raided on two occasions since the start of its nearly nine-month war with Hamas.

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Which parties form South Africa's national unity coalition?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement in the continent's most industrialized country after the African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority in a

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WATCH: Inmates to soldiers, Ukraine's mobilization of prisoners

Ukraine is expanding its draft to address battlefield shortages over two years into Russia’s invasion.

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"...I had the impression I was playing in 3D” - Kylian Mbappé at Euro 2024

Kylian Mbappé felt like he was in a virtual reality game when playing in a mask to protect his broken nose at the European Championship.

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Tyla bags two awards at the BET 2024

Tyla a South African amapiano superstar won two Black Entertainment Television BET awards starting with best international act.

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WATCH: It's not my pet, it's my family

Hundreds of demonstrators in Mexico City advocated for animal rights, emphasizing that pets are family.

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Sudan: paramilitaries loot the village of Jebal Moya

Fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group looted homes and shops and took over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee, residents said Sunday, as a new front opened in a 14-month war that has pushed the African cou

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2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing women protesting

Ghirous is the editor-in-chief of Algerie Scoop, accredited by the government in 2021, and Omar is the website's director.

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Mauritania's President Ghazouani on track for re-election, provisional results show

According to the provisional result released on Sunday, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence.

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Cyril Ramaphosa names 'Unprecedented' Government of National Unity cabinet

Late on Sunday night, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new Cabinet after his African National Congress, the former main opposition party, and nine other parties agreed on the makeup of a coalition government following weeks of haggling

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Nigerians still grapple with unrelenting power shortages

About half of Nigeria’s more than 200 million people are hooked up to a national electricity grid that can't provide sufficient daily electricity to most of those connected.

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Sunday, june 30, 2024

Kenya: The pain of the bereaved, calls for fresh protests

Emotions run high in Kenya. After days of bloody protests against proposed tax hikes and the removal of the bill, Kenyans were still shaken to the core.

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Nigeria: Suspected female suicide bombers kill at least 18- Authorities

The first suicide bomber detonated an explosive device during a marriage celebration at about 3 p.m., Barkindo Saidu, director-general of Borno State Emergency Management Agency, told reporters.

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UNESCO finds ISIS-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls

Iraqi authorities have requested UNESCO to halt all reconstruction operations at al-Nouri mosque and evacuate the entire complex until the devices are disarmed.

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France: High-stakes election begins with anti-immigration party projected to dominate polls

49.5 million registered voters will choose 577 parliamentarians. This crucial snap election could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the military administration, during the Nazi era.

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Vote counting underway in Mauritania

Saturday’s vote unfolded peacefully, according to observers. The turnout was 40% out of 2 million eligible voters, and partial results were expected on Sunday.

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Saturday, june 29, 2024

Iran to hold runoff election as no candidate secures 50% of votes

There’s been only one runoff presidential election in Iran’s history: in 2005, when hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bested former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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Mauritania votes to elect new president

7 candidates are vying for the top office including incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Youth unemployment, the terrorist threat in neighbouring countries which drives displacement towards Mauritania and the cost of living are some of the voters’

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6.3 million people in need of humanitarian support and protection in Burkina Faso

Armed terrorist groups have severed humanitarian access in many localities across the country. Moreover, the Sahel region grapples with drought-related issues.

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Panama Papers scandal: 28 defendants acquitted

The Panama papers scandal exposed a network of tax havens involving people like Lionel Messi and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote to name but a few.

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Eritrean Biniam Girmay looking forward to a good result at 2024 Tour de France

The first African rider to win a World Tour classic attended at a pre-Tour media event for his team in Florence on Friday (Jun.28). The tour kicks off on June 29th. and ends on July 21st.

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Friday, june 28, 2024

WATCH: Iranian exiles in London protest as elections take place

Iranians in London gathered Friday in front of the Iranian consulate and embassy as the country held elections to choose a successor to the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May.

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WATCH: Heavy rains cause deadly collapse at Indira Gandhi Airport

A portion of a canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 1 collapsed early Friday due to heavy pre-monsoon rains, killing one person and injuring six others.

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Moroccan troupe mixes traditional acrobatics with dance to captivate crowds

The troupe has been touring Moroccan cities and has recently performed in a show titled "Fiq," Arabic for awake, at the Mohammed V in Rabat.

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Nairobi mosque holds funeral of a teen shot during anti-tax protest

A Nairobi mosque held the funeral of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kamau on Friday after he was shot during a protest on Tuesday against the government's since-withdrawn proposed tax bill.

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Pics of the day: June 28, 2024

Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day's news.

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WATCH: Brazil faces backlash over proposed abortion law

Women’s rights defenders protested in São Paulo, urging the National Congress to discard a bill equating abortions after 22 weeks with homicide, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

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Cameroon reintroduces measures to curb COVID-19 resurgence

The Cameroonian government announced on Wednesday the adoption of measures to caution the country from the resurgence of Covid-19 cases, observed in some European, Middle Eastern, and African countries.

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Mauritania's leading opposition figure and anti-slavery activist denounces youth unemployment

Abeid says he is against the agreement Mauritania holds with the European Union to crack down on migration to Europe, calling it an agreement “that will serve neither the European Union, nor Mauritania.

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The Herds will see over a hundred cardboard animal puppets travel across Africa and Europe

The Herds are set to head off from the Congo Basin in April 2025 and are expected to travel across Africa and Europe until August of the same year.

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Zimbabwe police quash opposition courthouse protest over prolonged detention of activists

Zimbabwe police on Thursday used batons to break up a courthouse protest by opposition supporters, angered by the continued detention of dozens of activists arrested in mid-June, after they allegedly gathered without official police clearance.

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South African researchers test use of nuclear technology to curb rhino poaching

Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching.

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New wave of evacuations in Gaza amid intensified bombing

First responders from Gaza’s Civil Defense, part of the Hamas-run government, reported that airstrikes hit five homes, resulting in at least three deaths and six injuries. Rescuers continue to dig through the rubble in search of survivors.

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Protests in Kenya: 2 more deaths amid clashes

In response to the chaos triggered by his government's bill, which included a tax hike, a protest movement led by Kenyan youth rapidly emerged. What started as simple online condemnations of the new taxes quickly escalated into mass rallies demanding poli

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South Africa’s Parliament to open on July 18 – President

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday that Parliament will open for its next term on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the new governing coalition.

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Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in war-torn Sudan

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

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Thursday, june 27, 2024

African athletics championships in Cameroon marred by shortcomings

Athletes complained about the quality of some of the facilities at the competition which took place in the almost empty Japoma Stadium in Douala.

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AI initiative to revolutionise extreme weather forecasting systems

As climate change worsens, a group of scientists and meteorological agencies are working on an initiative that will revolutionise forecasting and early warning systems in east Africa.

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WATCH: Myanmar monk's funeral sparks public outcry against military

The funeral of Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa, a senior monk fatally shot by Myanmar soldiers, drew hundreds, highlighting tensions with Myanmar's military and Buddhist clergy.

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WATCH: Heavy rain causes deadly train derailment in northern Russia

A passenger train derailment in northern Russia killed at least two people and left one person missing, according to Russian Railways on Thursday.

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Cameroonian footballer Landry Nguemo dies in a tragic road accident

Cameroonian footballer Landry Nguemo tragically died on Thursday at the age of 38 in a road accident near Yaoundé. Nguemo, who scored three goals in 42 appearances for the Indomitable Lions, retired from football in 2020.

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Oscar-nominated US actress, Taraji P Henson, to host BET Awards

The 2024 Black Entertainment Television network (BET) awards are taking place this coming Sunday in Los Angeles.

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WATCH: Key moments in Bolivia's coup attempt captured on video

In a dramatic sequence of events in Bolivia, videos have emerged that chronicle the failed coup attempt and the strong support for President Luis Arce.

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UN report shows 2023 was worst year for children in armed conflict

Virginia Gamba, the U.N.'s special representative for children told the Security Council that the U.N. has verified 32,990 grave violations against 22,557 children in 2023

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WATCH: Protests persist in Nairobi despite president's concessions

Tear gas filled Nairobi's streets on Thursday amid a heavy security presence ahead of protests against a controversial finance bill.

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Experts warn: 755,000 facing famine in war-torn Sudan

The conflict has created a hunger catastrophe at a scale not seen since the Darfur conflict in the early 2000s, senior United Nations officials said.

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Russian, Congolese leaders hold talks in Moscow

President Denis Sassou Nguesso's trip is expected to culminate in the signing of agreements on energy, trade and security cooperation

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West African defense chiefs propose a $2.6 billion security plan

The plan was also aimed at preventing further coups following a string of military takeovers that have destabilized the region, Nigeria’s Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru said.

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Police clash with protesters in Kenya as military patrols the streets

Kenyan police on Thursday clashed with protesters in Nairobi before planned protests against a contentious finance bill, despite the president's decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital and saw protesters storming and bu

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WATCH: Doctors strike for fair pay ahead of UK election

Doctors in England held their 11th strike on Thursday over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services ahead of the U.K. general election.

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Authorities in Congo approve new vaccines to combat mpox surge

The World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists recently highlighted a new, more dangerous strain spreading in Congo's South Kivu province. In response, regulatory authorities have granted emergency use authorization for two vaccines

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Opposition activists arrested in a crackdown in Mali were moved to prisons

Mali, a landlocked nation in the semiarid region of Sahel, has been embroiled in political instability that swept across West and Central Africa over the last decade.

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More than 14 months of war severely affects Sudan's health sector

More than 14 months of war has severely affected Sudan's health sector, leaving many hospitals and medical facilities closed, damaged or burnt.

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UN experts accuse Sudan’s warring parties of weaponizing starvation

Sudan plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the country’s military and a notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.

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Mali civil society lauds war crimes conviction of Islamist police chief

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz commanded the so-called Islamic police during the occupation of Timbuktu by Islamist groups from 2012. It was during this time that armed groups enforced a strict code of Islamic law. Women and girls suffered in particular, facing

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