By Rédaction Africanews with AP Cameroonian heavyweight star, Francis Ngannou, scored a first round knockout at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Saturday night. He exchanged strikes and clinches with Brazilian Philipe Lins before finishing him with a sweeping left hand to the head in the final minute. It was the veteran’s second mixed martial arts bout in four years and he immediately teased the possibility of new matches – with two names coming up. After the fight, the former Ultimate Fighting Champion spoke of his desire to share the cage with American Jon “Bones” Jones one time before…
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By Rédaction Africanews with AP Residents in the Ugandan capital have expressed their fears and concerns after officials confirmed a death in the city from Ebola, following a new outbreak in neighbouring Congo. Authorities said on Friday that a Congolese man who died at the Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala earlier in the week, had tested positive for the virus. As visitors arrived at the health facility on Saturday, they were screened with infrared thermometers and provided with hand sanitiser at the building’s entrance. “When I heard them saying they had got one suspect of Ebola, it frightened me,” said…
By Agencies Cape Verde is set for a major political transition. The country’s main opposition party, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, or PAICV, has won Sunday’s parliamentary elections with 46 percent of the vote, according to provisional results from nearly 98 percent of polling stations. Its leader, Francisco Carvalho, who is also the mayor of the capital Praia, is poised to become the country’s new Prime Minister. He will replace Ulisses Correia e Silva, who has led the government for the past ten years. PAICV has so far secured 33 of the 72 seats in the…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Cape Verdeans headed to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections marked by uncertainty, with five parties competing and Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva seeking a rare third term in a country long praised for its political stability. At polling stations in Mindelo and Praia, many voters voiced hopes for change — or at least for more accountability. Elisangela Brito, a poll monitor, said the country’s transport woes were top of mind: “We are currently facing many difficulties both in terms of ships and flights… I hope that with this vote, regardless of who…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague. Born in 1935 in northern Rwanda’s Byumba prefecture (now Gicumbi district), Kabuga rose from modest origins as a market trader selling small goods, cigarettes, and second-hand clothing. He later moved to Kigali, where he built a business empire including shops, a tea plantation, a mill, and real estate holdings. By the early 1990s, he was widely regarded as one of…
By Rédaction Africanews Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote visited Ethiopia over the weekend as part of efforts to deepen the group’s investment in the country, including the development of a large-scale urea fertilizer plant in Gode. The Ethiopian government and the Dangote Group had initially agreed on a $2.5 billion deal for the project, which is expected to produce 3 million metric tonnes of urea annually. The government says the plant is central to its goal of making Ethiopia self-sufficient in fertilizer production while also positioning the country as a major regional exporter. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described food security as a “strategic intervention” as…
By Dominic Wabwireh with AP Djibouti has unveiled its first government since the re-election of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, with the new cabinet made up of 26 ministers, including eight women and one secretary of state. The appointments were announced Sunday through a presidential decree signed by Guelleh following his victory in the April 2026 presidential election. Several senior figures maintained key government positions in the reshuffle. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh kept the Economy and Finance Ministry, while Abdoulkader Houssein Omar was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in addition to serving as government spokesperson. Hassan Omar Bourhan retained…
By Rédaction Africanews Uganda’s president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has signed into law forbiding foreign interference in the country despite warnings from different concerned parties. Museveni, 81, has always accused mainly the opposition and other NGOs of receiving funding from abroad with the intent to destabilize the East African nation. The “Protection of Sovereignty” bill, passed by the parliament earlier this month, intends to criminalize the promotion of foreign interests at the expense of Uganda’s interests. The law, which carries a maximum imprisonment of 10 years, also bans anyone from implementing or developing policies without government approval. The bill has sparked…
Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was described by US President Donald Trump as the “second in command of ISIS globally” and “the most active terrorist in the world”. IS has radically shifted in recent years, with around 90% of its attacks now taking place in sub-Saharan Africa. Its Nigeria-based branch is by far the most active. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said the two countries had carried out a “daring joint operation that dealt a heavy blow” to IS. Al‑Minuki was declared a Specially Designated Global…
Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents have told the BBC. Most of those missing are aged between two and five years old. Eyewitnesses who saw the attacks on Friday morning in Mussa, Borno state, say the suspects used the children as human shields while fleeing on motorbikes, preventing security forces from opening fire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Government officials have not responded to the BBC’s requests for comment, but a press statement issued on Saturday by Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South…