By Rédaction Africanews with AFP After much pomp and ceremony, bilateral talks in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his United States counterpart Donald Trump got underway on Thursday afternoon. Xi had greeted Trump with a red carpet welcome at the Great Hall of the People – China’s national legislature – with military band fanfare and a gun salute. In his opening remarks, Xi said stability in US-China relations was necessary for global order and that he believed their common interests outweighed their differences. Confrontation harms both countries, he said, adding that they should be partners not rivals. Trump…
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By Rédaction Africanews The United States has announced it will waive a proposed $15,000 (£11,000) visa deposit for football fans from 50 countries travelling to the 2026 World Cup, provided they hold valid match tickets. Five African nations affected by the policy, Algeria, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Tunisia, have qualified for the tournament, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico from 11 June. “We are waiving visa bonds for qualified fans who bought World Cup tickets,” Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar told the BBC. The visa bond requirement was introduced last…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of emerging economies began a two-day meeting in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on Thursday. The gathering comes as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices, and growing global uncertainty. It brings together diplomats from founding members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, along with newer member countries. They are expected to discuss economic cooperation and coordinate their positions on key global issues. In his opening remarks, Indian foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said peace and security issues remain central to global order.…
The Confederation of African Football is addressing the “deficiencies” which contributed to the chaotic finale of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, according to the organisation’s president Patrice Motsepe. Senegal were crowned winners on the night, following a 1-0 victory after extra time, but were stripped of the title by a Confederation of African Football (Caf) appeal board in March, with the trophy instead handed to the hosts. The sanction was applied because the West Africans walked off the pitch in protest after Morocco were awarded a penalty following a VAR review in second-half injury time, when the game was goalless.…
Summary executions and rape were among the atrocities committed by the M23 rebel group and Rwandan soldiers during their weeks-long occupation of the lakeside city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by a leading rights group has found. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says its investigators found evidence of the execution of 53 civilians – 46 men, one woman and six children – during door-to-door raids in the city’s neighbourhoods after the rebels, widely believed to be backed by Rwanda, captured it in December. Rwanda has consistently denied supporting the M23 or that its own soldiers have…
Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m; £18.5m), a rare conviction against corrupt officials in the West African nation. Last week, Mamman was found guilty of 12 counts, including using private firms to funnel money linked to government-funded power plants. The 68-year-old was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday – according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mamman has been “out of circulation” and “without trace” since his conviction. On Monday, the high court in the capital Abuja issued an arrest warrant for Mamman, who was…
By Rédaction Africanews Residents of the Cite Soleil neighborhood in Haiti’s capital protested Tuesday, demanding government protection after clashes forced hundreds of people to flee their homes over the weekend. In the desperation to escape the attack, some families have been separated. Lorgue Dorsaint has been on the streets since Sunday, trying to find information about his family. “I don’t know where my children are. I hear they were killed. I’m holding my heart. I don’t know anything,” said Dorsaint. Some of the protesters said they saw people getting killed over the weekend in Cite Soleil, where burned cars and…
By Rédaction Africanews Iran’s grip over the Strait of Hormuz is throttling the world’s energy supplies and inflicting global economic pain, but a U.S. naval blockade and deepening pressures on its own economy are also testing its ability to withstand the war and defy Washington’s demands. In recent days, Iran and the U.S. have exchanged fire in the Persian Gulf as the ceasefire between the two sides grows increasingly strained and talks appeared to be at an impasse. Tehran has demanded the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions before entering negotiations over its nuclear program. Iran’s leaders have also…
By Rédaction Africanews Business leaders, academics and international officials have expressed hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit to China will help stabilize China-U.S. relations and expand cooperation between the world’s two largest economies amid growing global uncertainty. At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to 15. The two presidents first met in 2017, a year marked by an exchange of state visits that set the tone for their interactions. Xi and Trump last met in October 2025 in Busan, the Republic of Korea. Over the…
By Rédaction Africanews A driving force in Cameroonian cinema, Bassek Ba Kobhio, has now died at the age of 69. Even before his career as a filmmaker, he was articulating his vision of the world, publishing a series of politically engaged books. First in line was ‘Les eaux qui débordent’ in 1984, and then ‘Cameroon, la fin du maquis?’ in 1986. They were works that expressed his values and what he stood for. Five years later, Le Maitre du Canton was released, which tells the story of a rural schoolteacher who resists the established order. It would go on to…