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On the third day of the World Economic Forum annual meeting, Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi spoke to Africanews’ sister channel Euronews. The PM highlighted key challenges Africa faces including a need for stronger agricultural systems for a better integration in the global economy. The US’ Special Presidential Envoy for Climate called for action at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.… Read More

As the global financial outlook continues to look dimmer with a prolonged war in Ukraine, many African countries are bracing themselves to ride out the storm. The African Development Bank annual meeting happening in Ghana’s capital Accra, gave the opportunity for leaders to discuss the challenges that pandemic-induced losses in revenue have had on infrastructure. Ramping up climate finance was… Read More

Thousands of people have fled as fighting between the Congolese army (FARDC) and M23 rebels continued in the territory of Nyiragongo, near Goma, the capital of North Kivu. Emptying their homes they have taken off in the direction of Rugari in the north, or to Kibati, south of Goma. On Sunday the United Nations denounced a ‘deliberate’ M23 attack on… Read More

A prominent Egyptian businessman has been sentenced to three years in prison for “human trafficking” and “sexual assault” on seven minors at an orphanage he opened south of Cairo. Mohammed el-Amin, a media and real estate tycoon was remanded in custody on 8 January on charges of “sexual assault on children with the use of force”. He will also have… Read More

Silence has engulfed thousands of homes burnt down in different locations across the southern part of South Sudan’s Unity State. A February and April attack saw about 40,000 locals flee for their lives. The UN Mission in the country called for healing and reconciliation as displaced residents fight to survive. “**Many other people were killed in the village, and all… Read More

South Africa’s neutral stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine will be a major topic of conversation during a meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking to media in Pretoria, ahead of their private meeting on Tuesday, the two leaders said they would also consider developments on the African continent. Scholz’s visit comes as the… Read More

Catherine Nanziri is a sensation on the local boxing scene, which she entered in 2018. The 22-year-old who dropped out of school spends most days in the gym, sparring. She faces a Tanzanian boxer in June, but her punches go beyond winning medals, she fights against poverty and prejudice. _“Some people think that girls do drop out of school or do… Read More

Senegalese painter Omar Ba begins to paint a five-metre-long canvas a deep, dark shade of black.  This is how Ba, a rising star in the world of contemporary African art, begins most of his works, which question the state of the world and Africa’s place in it.  After exhibiting at an array of important galleries and museums around the world,… Read More

Johannesburg’s landfill sites are bulging with plastic waste. The city’s biggest landfill site located in the Turffontein area is a hive of activity as waste trucks arrive to drop off their deposits. Despite a 2018 move by South Africa’s most populous city, making it mandatory for residents to separate waste from the source, few bother. Informal waste pickers comb through… Read More

Last updated: 11 hours ago The Centro Cultural Oi Futuro of Rio de Janeiro celebrates 101 years of robotics creation with the exhibition “100 years of robots”. Curated by visual artist and researcher Zaven Paré, inventor of the electronic puppet in the 1990s, and with the participation of foreign artists Patrick Tresset, Samuel St-Aubin and Dmitry Morozov, the installation is… Read More