By Rédaction Africanews with AP China has erected a monument to the World War II Cairo Declaration at the historic Mena House Hotel in Egypt where the document was signed. Agreed by China, the United States and Britain on 1 December 1943, the declaration stated that the three allies would ensure that all territories taken from China by Japan would be returned. They included Northeast China, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. Japan accepted the terms of the Cairo Declaration when it surrendered in 1945, but the status of Taiwan and several island groups are still under dispute. Set at the…
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By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies The publication of election results in the Central African Republic has been suspended following a strike by staff at the National Election Authority (ANE), adding fresh uncertainty to the country’s fragile political process. According to several ANE employees, IT specialists at the institution’s data processing centre are refusing to release the results of the second round of municipal, regional and parliamentary elections held on 26 April. The results had initially been expected on Monday but have been delayed over two months of unpaid salaries. Staff say salary arrears affect all employees and, while delays in…
Sudan has accused neighbouring Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of orchestrating drone strikes on its main airport, describing the assault as “direct aggression”. The international airport, located in the capital, was hit on Monday, along with military installations in the Greater Khartoum area. Recent drone strikes have shattered a period of relative calm in Khartoum, which came after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was pushed out by the Sudanese military last year. Ethiopia has said accusations that it was involved in the airport attack are “baseless”. The UAE has not yet commented, but has previously denied involvement…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP Burkina Faso’s authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international advocacy group said Wednesday, in the latest crackdown on political dissent in the West African nation. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Atiana Serge Oulon, editor of the newspaper L’Événement, was taken from his home in June 2024 by several armed men in civilian clothes. Burkina Faso’s military junta later said he had been conscripted into military service. Instead, according to the advocacy group, former detainees said Oulon and up to…
A police officer has recalled the moment he was lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river in South Africa as part of an effort to recover human remains. Captain Johan Potgieter was tasked with capturing a crocodile suspected of eating a businessman who had been swept away by floodwater. “The crocodile itself was lying on an island… there really was no other way to get to it except from the air,” he told the BBC. Since the operation, remains have been found inside the 4.5m (15ft) and 500kg (1,100lb) crocodile. DNA tests are underway to confirm their identity. The…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AFP Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returned to the Paris Court of Appeal for the final hearings in the high‑profile case over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, again rejecting accusations that he sought funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. Sarkozy, 71, previously told the court there was “not a single cent of Libyan money” in his campaign, reiterating a position he has maintained since the case first emerged. He became the first former president in modern French history to spend time in jail over the affair, serving 20 days of a five‑year sentence before…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Civil society groups in Uganda have strongly criticised a proposed “Protection of Sovereignty Bill,” warning it could stifle dissent and harm the economy, as debate intensifies ahead of its presentation in parliament. At a press conference, former cabinet minister Miria Matembe condemned the speed at which the controversial legislation is being pushed forward. “I have never seen such a controversial, widely controversial, rejected bill being rushed to be debated within two days… And you bring a bill that has been controversial and widely rejected.” The draft law would criminalise actions deemed to promote “the interests…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP, AP A drone launched by Sudan ‘s paramilitary forces targeted the airport in the capital of Khartoum on Monday but was shot down before it could hit the target, airport officials said. Sudan accused Ethiopia of being involved in the assault. It was the latest attack in the deadly war in Sudan, now in its fourth year, which has pushed the country to the brink. The attack came just days after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed at least five people in a drone attack that hit a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Khartoum…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Thousands of pro-government supporters took to the streets of the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, on Monday in support of United States sanctions against Joseph Kabila. Washington blacklisted the former president last week, accusing him of supporting the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and its political-military arm, the Congo River Alliance (AFC), involved in the conflict in the east of the country. The Treasury Department claimed that, among other things, Kabila has provided them with financial and technological support with the intent to destabilise the Kinshasa government. Violent conflict in the region has resulted in the deaths of thousands…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP, AP A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told AFP. The herders were killed in an operation that also involved vigilantes from Benin, just across the border from Niger state, after the herders were accused of being informants for the jihadist group Ansaru, the sources said. The Nigerian vigilantes from Bussa district raided herding Fulani settlements around Kabe, in neighbouring Borgu, in a massacre that also saw sweeping mass arrests, the sources said. On Thursday, security personnel went door-to-door in Fulani herding…