By Rédaction Africanews Russian President Vladimir Putin said the trade turnover between Russia and African countries had increased by almost 35% in the first half of 2023 despite international sanctions and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a trilateral meeting with the Chairperson of the African Union, President of the Union of Comoros…
By Rédaction Africanews In Yaoundé, Cameroon, a painter and sculptor Joseph Francis Sumegne presents his exhibition “La citadelle des anciens” (“The citadel of the elders”). Half-man, half-animal sculpture made from objects of all kinds. The result is an impressive display of creations from another world. “The artist uses what I’d call banal materials to sublimate…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Argentina, trailing by two goals, managed to come back to the score against South Africa (2-2) on Saturday in Dunedin in New Zealand, the two teams of group G still have a chance to see the round of 16 of the World. On an offering, South African Linda Motlhalo opened…
AFP , Saturday 29 Jul 2023 France has suspended all development aid and budgetary support to Niger following a military coup against President Mohamed Bazoum, the French foreign ministry said Saturday. Paris “calls for an immediate return to constitutional order in Niger,” along with the reinstatement of democratically-elected Bazoum, the ministry said in a statement….
AFP , Wednesday 26 Jul 2023 The African Union on Wednesday condemned “an attempted coup d’etat” in Niger after President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by members of the presidential guard, according to a source close to him. “Informed of an attempt by certain members of the military to undermine the stability of democratic & republican…
By Rédaction Africanews Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday ahead of a Russia-Africa summit. Putin has billed the two-day summit that opens in St. Petersburg on Thursday as a major event that would help bolster ties with a continent of 1.3 billion people that is increasingly assertive…
By Philip Andrew Churm with AFP Despite being diplomatically isolated as a result of the Ukraine conflict, Russia faces little hostility from African leaders, many of whom have gathered in St Petersburg for the Russia-Africa summit where many top footballers are set to play a gala match together. Melvin Camden is among them and is…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP – AP Russia’s second largest city will host the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit starting Thursday (Jul. 27). The Kremlin has confirmed the participation of 49 African countries and Several leaders including South African President After an inaugural summit in 2019, this meeting is a key “step” toward “a reassembly of the…
By Rédaction Africanews Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, appeared in court on Tuesday in Lagos on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and live ammunition. Emefiele was suspended in early June by Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu and subsequently detained by the Department of State Services (DSS), the country’s secret police. He…
Story by Jacopo Prisco, video by Adrian Lydon, CNN In Nelson Mandela Bay, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, thousands of hectares of land could one day become the world’s largest green ammonia plant. Ammonia, which is made up of nitrogen and hydrogen, is commonly used as a fertilizer. In the early 1910s scientists…
