By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies The death of Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese man who died after being restrained by security guards in central Dublin, has sparked protests, international attention and renewed scrutiny of racism in Ireland. As investigations continue, difficult questions are being asked about policing, discrimination and the treatment of Black communities. The death of Yves Sakila has become one of the most sensitive public controversies in Ireland in recent years. The 35-year-old Congolese-born man died on 15 May after being restrained by several security guards outside a department store in Dublin city centre following an alleged…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Campaign posters of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party line the road leading to his birth town of Beshasha where he is a local hero. He was born in 1976 into a modest family in the rural town of around 8,000 inhabitants, and is the first person from the Oromo community to lead Ethiopia. Residents point to recent development projects as signs of change. Despite its modest size, the town benefits from the modernisation projects and construction works Abiy has, in the main, devoted to major cities and certain specific remote areas. Houses and…
The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more than £100m, saying it had breached the terms of the deal. Signed by the previous Conservative government, it was meant to see the UK pay Rwanda to host asylum seekers who had arrived illegally in the UK. Lawyers representing the UK during the three-day hearing in the Netherlands had argued that it was “entirely logical” the plan…
By Rédaction Africanews The opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has named Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election, setting up a rematch of the three-way contest that defined the 2023 poll. Obi will again face Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC). The former two-term governor of the south-eastern Anambra state was declared candidate by the relatively new NDC which officially registered in February. “No nation can thrive when citizens can no longer sleep with their eyes closed,” Obi said after accepting his nomination, referring to…
By RFI The law on sexual rights and family values imposes a penalty of up to three years’ jail for people who engage in homosexual relations, and between three and five years for the promotion, sponsorship or intentional support of LGBT+ activities. The bill was passed unanimously by parliament in 2024 but former president Nana Akufo-Addo did not sign it. Under Ghana’s constitution, draft legislation not signed by the president before the end of a parliamentary term automatically lapses and must be passed again by the new parliament. The law approved Friday retains the previous bill’s core provisions but includes exemptions. For…
By BBC Africa The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a “deeply alarming” situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), MSF deputy director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had “so many cases” been recorded so soon. His comments came as WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the eastern Congolese province of Ituri – the worst-hit area – to oversee virus containment efforts. There are now more than 1,000 suspected Ebola cases in the DR…
By Rédaction Africanews French lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people across France’s colonies, in a symbolic and long-awaited move. The National Assembly unanimously voted to approve the bill repealing the “Code Noir,” or Black Code. In 1685, King Louis XIV passed the so called “Black Code”, legislation meant to regulate the conditions of slavery in French colonies, including life, death, purchase, religion, and treatment of slaves by their ‘masters’. It legalized the brutal treatment of slaves and foresaw capital punishment for offences including striking a…
By Rédaction Africanews Morocco ranks first in industrial development, according to African Development Bank’s 2025 Index. Advances in Morocco’s aerospace, automotive and phosphate sectors have pushed the kingdom to the top of Africa’s industrialisation rankings, overtaking long-time leader South Africa. The African Development Bank’s 2025 Index rated industrial development across the continent’s 54 countries between 2010 and 2024. The Index attributes Morocco’s success to “sustained industrial upgrading, export diversification, and strong industrial policy.” The kingdom is also Africa’s leading car manufacturer – with a Renault plant in Tangier and Stellanis plant in Kenitra – and the automotive sector now one of its…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP In Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, it is hard to tell an election will happen on Monday that will decide the next five years of Africa’s second most populous country. A few people can be spotted wearing T-shirts with the wheat symbol of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party (PP), but there are no election posters anywhere. The party held its only major campaign rally in the capital on Tuesday. It was over by 8:00 am and Abiy, who has ruled since 2018, did not appear. Few doubt he will cruise back to power with a…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Thousands of Muslim pilgrims continued Thursday to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On the second day of Eid al-Adha, pilgrims prayed at dawn and circled the cube-shaped structure of the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba, which lies at the center of Mecca’s grand mosque. Pilgrims also visited the sprawling Jamarat complex in Mina. Chanting “Allahu akbar,” or “God is the greatest,” they throw pebbles at a pillar in the ritual seen as a symbolic stoning of the devil. The act is also seen as rejecting evil and a commemoration…