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President Idriss Déby Itno, who had just been elected for a sixth term, died of his wounds while commanding his army against the FACT rebels. In N’djamena, after the death of Idriss Déby Itno, a transitional military council led by Mahamat Déby took power. Confident and reassuring were the watchwords of President Idriss Déby Itno on 11 April in Chad,… Read More

After decades without legal cover, farmer Mohamed Morabet looks forward to selling his hashish this summer on the open market now that Morocco plans to legalise cannabis for medical use. The government of the world’s top hashish- producing nation last month ratified a draft bill to legalise its medical use, and parliament is expected to debate the legislation this week.… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Furious fans gathered outside Stamford Bridge to protest against the proposed European Super League ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Brighton on Tuesday. Chelsea are one of 12 leading European clubs to have signed up to an incendiary scheme that has plunged football into civil war. Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Barcelona,… Read More

Africanews, the first pan African multilingual channel is 5. Yes, Indeed. So, we are letting the drums roll and the balloons float as we are indeed proud to be the sole multilingual pan-African news media at your side. We thank you for your support over the past five years when the channel launched. So, how has the journey been over… Read More

Chad’s president of three decades died of wounds suffered during a visit to front-line troops battling a shadowy rebel group, the military announced Tuesday, just hours after he was declared the winner of an election that would have given him another six years in power. While the military quickly named President Idriss Deby Itno’s son as the country’s interim leader,… Read More

General Idriss Déby Itno, a military powerhouse and one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders was born in 1952 into a family of herders of the Zaghawa ethnic group in northeastern Chad. A young Déby joined the army In the early 1970s when the country was in the midst of a long-running civil war to later leave for France where he obtained… Read More

Some 40,000 displaced and urgently needing food, work suspended on a multi-billion-dollar gas investment, and scores of dead still being counted. The damage caused by Mozambique’s extremist rebels in their deadly assault on the northeastern town of Palma continues to be assessed. Four weeks after the rebels launched a three-pronged attack, which lasted at least five days, Mozambican police and… Read More

A real estate dream that is in taking water, Congolese investors at open war against the French manager of a company established in Bermuda: ten years after its launch, the Cité du Fleuve marks the failure of a high-end urban housing project. The promoters of the Cité du Fleuve promised at its launch ten years ago a “haven of peace”… Read More

Uganda on Monday announced the sacking of Jonathan McKinstry as head coach of the national football team. “The Head Coach of the Uganda Men’s National team, Johnathan McKinstry, has today reached an agreement with FUFA to bring an end to his 18 months at the helm of the Uganda Cranes,” the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) said in a… Read More

The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide,” a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France’s role before and during the horror in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered in 1994. The report, which The Associated Press has read, comes amid efforts by Rwanda to document the role of French authorities before, during, and… Read More