By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies More than four years after it was gutted by fire, Dar es Salaam’s historic Kariakoo market is getting ready to reopen. Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan inaugurated the newly constructed six-storey complex on Sunday. She said she hoped it would become a center of economic development for the region. “We must ensure that all products sold in this market meet international standards, as before. The products sold in this market will not only be used by Tanzanians, but also by foreigners from neighbouring countries. I urge the Tanzania Bureau of Standards to ensure that the…
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By Rédaction Africanews with agencies An organisation promoting regional economic integration among six Central African nations has suspended its activities amid a severe financial crisis. The Commission of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa said almost all projects and missions will pause pending an improvement in the collection of the Community Integration Tax. CEMAC groups together Cameroon, Gabon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea. It said that, faced with a financial downturn, member states are retaining the tax levied on imports – its main source of revenue – instead of transferring it…
The Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Attaf, held a working meeting on Saturday in Madrid with his Spanish counterpart, Mr. José Manuel Albares Bueno. This bilateral meeting is part of an official working visit by the Minister of State to the Kingdom of Spain. During the meeting, the two Foreign Ministers reviewed the state of cooperation and partnership between the two countries, exploring prospects for further momentum, particularly in the fields of energy, trade, investment, and transport, as well as judicial and consular cooperation. On this occasion, both parties underscored…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies Catholic Pope Leo XIV, speaking to crowds in St Peter’s Square after Sunday’s noonday prayer, has called for an end to ongoing violence in Nigeria. Gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people Saturday, including a Catholic priest, while at least 170 were killed in Woro earlier in the week. Kaduna’s Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan said men had attacked the priest’s residence in the Kauru local government area of Kaduna state during the afternoon. “It is with sorrow and concern that I learned of the recent attacks against various communities in Nigeria leading to a…
By Rédaction Africanews with agencies South Africa has announced the withdrawal of its troops from a United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said on Saturday that he had informed the UN Secretary‑General, Antonio Guterres, of the decision. South Africa has supported the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC for 27 years and has more than 700 soldiers deployed there. The Presidency said Pretoria will work jointly with the UN to finalise the timelines and other modalities of the withdrawal, which will be completed before the end of this year. It said…
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Spokesman for the Presidency Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy said the reception ceremony featured an official salute by the guard of honor and the playing of the national anthems of both the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Arab Republic of Egypt, followed by a commemorative photo for the two Presidents. Later, President El-Sisi and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a bilateral meeting, followed by an expanded session of talks attended by the two countries’ delegations. Afterward, President El-Sisi hosted a luncheon in honor…
An apparent Nigerien military drone strike killed at least 17 civilians, including 4 children, and injured at least 13 others at a crowded market in western Niger on January 6, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The strike, which also killed three Islamist fighters, violated laws-of-war prohibitions against indiscriminate attacks and might amount to a war crime. The attack occurred in the village of Kokoloko in Tillabéri region, about 120 kilometers west of the capital, Niamey, and less than 3 kilometers from the border with Burkina Faso. Residents said the Islamic State in the Sahel (IS Sahel), an Islamist armed group,…
By Africanews with AFP An Iranian court sentenced human rights activist Narges Mohammadi to a six-year prison term for gathering and collusion to commit crimes, her lawyer said on Sunday. Mohamadi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili added that his client had had also received a two-year ban on leaving the country. She was also handed a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for propaganda activities and is to be exiled for two years to the city of Khosf in the eastern province of South Khorasan, the lawyer stated. Nili expressed hope that due to Mohammadi’s health issues, she could be temporarily “released on bail to…
For seven days, dancers, musicians and craftspeople from dozens of communities across the Sahara meet there, with Niger as guest of honour alongside groups from Mali, Morocco, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. The programme mixes concerts, parades and camel races, with more than 400 dromedaries taking part. Visitors can also see local crafts and taste regional food, from camel milk to traditional dishes. Beyond the shows, organisers want to highlight desert heritage, tourism and cooperation between southern countries. After 10 years, the festival has become a rare meeting point for Saharan cultures and shared futures.
Although their forefathers were seized from West and Central Africa centuries ago, the bond between African-Americans and their ancestral home has been a lasting one. For instance, Liberia, Africa’s oldest republic, was founded by freed black American slaves in 1822. After Ghana became independent in 1957, a wave of black intellectuals and artists moved there from the US. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali subsequently paid high-profile visits to Ghana, while Guinea became home to Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael. This transatlantic connection has ebbed and flowed over time – but in recent years, there has been a…