By Rédaction Africanews and AP Africa’s fauna is at the heart of Roger Ballen’s latest exhibition. The artist explores through installations and multimedia works the troubled relationship between humans and nature. The exhibition titled End of The Game has drawn crowds to Johannesburg’s Inside Out Centre for the Arts since March 28. “There are a…
By Africanews Malians in the Ivory Coast are mobilizing to vote in favor of adopting a new constitution. Authorities in Mali announced on Friday that the much-delayed referendum would now be held on June 18th. “My position is very clear. I’m going to vote, and I’m going to say yes. And I’m voting Yes. I’m from…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP The Rwandan government and the African Union Commission (AUC) on Saturday concluded agreements for the establishment of the headquarters of the first ever African Medicines Agency in Kigali. On 10 June, Rwanda signed an agreement with the African Union to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency in Kigali….
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu called on the country’s citizens to show patience and accept “sacrifices” in exchange for future investment, after the abolition of fuel subsidies sent petrol, transport and food prices soaring, Monday. “I have painfully asked you, my compatriots, to sacrifice a little more for the survival…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP The passenger train line connecting Mali’s capital and the country’s western part arrived in Bamako Saturday (June 10) after the inaugural trip of locomotive CC2207 for SOPAFER-Mali. The train left Kayes the previous day (June 09) to undergo a 400-kilometre trip. The line had been closed for 5 years. The…
By Rédaction Africanews with Sasha Gankin The House of World Cultures was reopened on the weekend of 4th June 2023 in Berlin with the aim of displaying non-European cultures. A Fulani dinner was part of the program. Fulani are one the biggest nomadic groups in West Africa and are estimated to reach 20 million in…
By Ronald Lwere Kato Ghana has had to run to the IMF 17 times since independence – that’s roughly once every four years on average. This time though, securing a bailout package from the multilateral lender was the easier part. There’s still a ton of work for Ghana’s leaders to do to convince creditors to…
Reuters June 8, 2023 NAIROBI, June 7 (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has tested positive for COVID-19, is in good health and will continue his duties, while getting treatment, a senior health ministry official said late on Wednesday. “Today …the President tested positive for COVID-19. This was after developing mild flu-like symptoms. However he…
Nearly 300 children have been safely rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, aid agencies say. They had been staying at the Mygoma Orphanage, where more than 70 children are reported to have died from hunger and illness since the conflict in Sudan broke out in mid-April. The orphanage was in an area of…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A former Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prosecuted and briefly detained in 2021 for an alleged embezzlement of funds allocated to the fight against Covid-19 was acquitted on Wednesday by Congolese justice, announced his lawyer. Eteni Longondo, Minister of Health from 2019 to 2021, had…
