By Rédaction Africanews Zimbabweans are feeling the wrath of high inflation. The rate of inflation in the southern African country now stands at 131.7 percent in the month of May. Locals are now helpless as they are now forced to search for cheaper products as a way to survive the overpriced goods at major supermarkets….
Khalid Abdelaziz, Reuters News DUBAI – Saudi Arabia and the United States called on Sunday for the extension of a ceasefire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war between military factions but little humanitarian relief for civilians. There were clashes overnight in the capital Khartoum and Omdurman, an adjoining city across the…
By Africanews Senegal’s government websites are back online this Saturday after a cyberattack paralyzed the network on Friday. The attack was claimed by a group with alleged links to hacker group Anonymous. The attackers expressed their solidarity with Senegalese citizens and their right to freely choose their president. The attack took place against a background…
AFP , Sunday 28 May 2023 The United States conducted an airstrike that destroyed stolen Al-Shabaab weapons and equipment in Somalia near an African Union military base that was attacked by the group, officials reported Saturday. The base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu, was housing Ugandan troops when…
NAIROBI – As a child, Filmon Debru longed for the festivities every May celebrating Erititra’s independence, and the heroes who fought and died for it. But he is no longer cheering as Eritrea marked the holiday, formally declared on May 24, 1993. The hope and possibility Filmon felt for his young country is gone, crushed…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP About 100 Brazilian protestors gathered outside the Spanish consulate in Sao Paulo on Tuesday (May. 23) to condemn the racist abuse of Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior in Spain’s top-flight soccer league known as La Liga. The protesters chanted “La Liga is racist” and “end with racism in Spain and…
China’s embassy in Kenya has debunked allegations in a report by Reuters news agency stating that Chinese hackers attacked key state agencies in the capital, Nairobi, including the presidency. This was reportedly done to assess whether the East Africa nation would service billions of dollars owed to Beijing. According to the Reuters report, the years-long…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP The South African government was under more pressure Wednesday for declining to release cargo documents relating to the visit by a Russian ship that the United States alleges collected a consignment of weapons for Moscow. Separately, a top official in South Africa’s ruling party added to the scrutiny of the…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP About 100 Brazilian protestors gathered outside the Spanish consulate in Sao Paulo on Tuesday (May. 23) to condemn the racist abuse of Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior in Spain’s top-flight soccer league known as La Liga. The protesters chanted “La Liga is racist” and “end with racism in Spain and…
By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies Recent data has shown that a whopping 90% of used clothes and textile waste from European countries have been making its way to Africa and Asia through exports. This concerning trend, brought to light by the European Environment Agency (EEA), emphasizes the alarming impact of textile waste on the environment…
