Ismail Akwei

News

Kenya Votes 2017: Have a look at the electoral system

Among the requirements to be a candidate includes having a post-secondary school qualification and having no conviction of an election offence during the preceding five years.

25 October 2017

China

Outrage as Chinese museum's 'racist' exhibits compare Africans to animals

The exhibits include a photograph of a roaring lion next to an African man with the same expression; a pensive monkey next to another man; elephants and giraffes next to African children among others.

12 October 2017

News

We are ready for elections, there is no room for cheating - Liberia EC

The NEC Director of Communications Henry Boyd Flomo told Africanews that every one will have access to the results and by Wednesday, they will announce the provisional results.

10 October 2017

Liberia

Elections history in Africa's oldest democratic republic: Liberia

The first governor Thomas Buchanan was succeeded by the first black governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts who was elected as the first black president upon independence in 1847.

8 October 2017

Sport

Ugandan rugby players 'disappear' after tournament in Germany

The three - Ramathan Govule, Brian Kikaawa and Fred Odur - were not found at the team's hotel on Monday when they were preparing to leave the country.

3 October 2017

Business

1,109-carat uncut diamond from Botswana mine sells for $53 million

The uncut 1,109-carat diamond named Lesedi La Rona, which means Our Light in the local Tswana language, failed to sell last year at a Sotheby's auction.

28 September 2017

Eswatini

Swazi King picks 14th wife weeks after annual Reed Dance ceremony

The King is traditionally mandated to pick a new wife every year from the virgins who partake in the traditional chastity rite held at the Ludzidzini Royal palace near Swaziland's capital Mbabane.

27 September 2017

This Is Culture

Somali star is first hijab-wearing model on cover of top US magazine

She donned Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue with the caption: "This Is American Beauty".

22 June 2017

This Is Culture

Rare hailstorm gives Zambians a snowy feel in May

Zambians in the capital Lusaka and surrounding towns woke up Monday morning to see their streets and backyards filled with ice.

17 May 2017

News

1000 days with Boko Haram: any hope for the remaining 196 Chibok schoolgirls?

The world was struck with distraught in April 2014 when Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram raided a school's dormitories at night in the northern town of Chibok and abducted 276 schoolgirls.

14 April 2017

News

Rhino horn sale legal in South Africa after final court ruling against ban

South Africa's highest court has dismissed an appeal by government to uphold a ban on the sale of rhino horns in the country.

6 April 2017

News

Mugabe presented with 'special' chair as belated birthday gift

The president, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on February 21, was presented a 9 carat customized wrist watch and a pen in addition to the chair on Monday morning during a ceremony at the State House

3 April 2017

News

Ethiopian maid in Kuwait: I wasn't attempting suicide in cruel employer's viral video

An Ethiopian maid who survived a fall from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait's Sabah el-Salem area while her employer filmed has explained that she wasn't trying to commit suicide.

2 April 2017

News

Rwandans demand apology from French media for 'photo misrepresentation'

The protest was sparked by the fact that a picture of French soldiers was not used for the story which was originally written by French news agency AFP with the headline: French prosecutors want Centr

23 March 2017

News

Reality of the worst drought since 1945 peaking in parts of Africa

The Horn of Africa is facing its third consecutive year of drought causing thirst and hunger, decimating livestock, destroying livelihoods, spreading disease and triggering large scale population move

17 March 2017

Egypt

Egyptian military to print high school exam papers to curb leakage

After last year's national high school examination leakage, Egypt's education ministry is proposing to use the military to strengthen efforts in preventing exam malpractices.

15 March 2017

News

Two awards in one year as Africanews celebrates first anniversary

Africanews launched its online platform on January 4, 2016 and already, the pan-African media has won two awards.

3 January 2017

News

Two women defy the odds to run for president in Somalia

Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader till until recently when two women took a step to make that dream a reality.

28 November 2016

This Is Culture

Kenya's first Mr and Miss Albinism crowned

Young persons living with albinism in Kenya on Friday participated in the first Mister and Miss Albinism in the capital Nairobi to demystify their condition.

22 October 2016

News

School in the day, brothel at night ... Ugandan teachers fight trespassers

Two government primary schools in Uganda's Kisima island in the central part of the country has been invaded by residents who engage in sexual activity at night.

20 October 2016