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…
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 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…
By Rédaction Africanew Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the navy for efficient use of ships, saying, it has significantly helped in the fight against crude oil theft, among other marine crimes. Buhari said this Monday as he attended the Presidential fleet review held at the Naval Dockyard in Lagos. This is the country’s Navy’s…
AFP , Tuesday 23 May 2023 Eritrea, which is widely considered to be one of the world’s most repressive states, marks three decades of independence on Wednesday. Here are five things to know about the impoverished Horn of Africa nation which has only ever been ruled by one man — Isaias Afwerki. Rights catastrophe There…
The Newsroom BBC World Service A South African government adviser says the country’s energy crisis means it is “unintentionally” ahead of its target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. Crispian Olver, the head of South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission, made the comment in a briefing in Johannesburg. The country is the world’s 14th biggest emitter…
Kara Ross Camarena, Sunday 14 May 2023 There are close to 4 million people living in refugee camps across Africa. Of the more than 300 camps, nearly 70% are situated within 30km-50km of an international border. They include some of the largest camps in the continent, such as Kakuma in northern Kenya, Nyarugusu in western…
By Rédaction Africanews Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest level since 2017, according to an Amnesty International report published on Tuesday that decried the Middle East and North Africa in particular. The 2022 figure for 20 countries known to have executed people is a 53 percent increase on the previous 12 months,…
