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18 Jul 2026, 10:05 GMT By editorial@africanews.com

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday said Brazil would not accept any other country "disrespecting" the nation as he commented on a the trade dispute with the United States

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Brazil's Lula vows response after US announces new tariffs
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18 Jul 2026, 08:10 GMT By editorial@africanews.com

The head of the U.N. children's agency visited northwestern Nigeria on Friday as conflict, poverty and rising food insecurity leave millions of children in the region in need of aid

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Nigeria: UNICEF chief urges child protection amid security, humanitarian crises
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18 Jul 2026, 06:41 GMT By editorial@africanews.com

Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, held a meeting in Dakar Friday with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors

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Senegal: Faye, ex-president Macky Sall hold high-stakes meeting
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17 Jul 2026, 20:05 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, arrived in Dakar Friday for a brief meeting with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors.

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Senegal: Ex-president Sall arrives back for meeting with successor
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17 Jul 2026, 16:19 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

The baby in the photo – which has now gone viral – was none other than Lamine Yamal, the Spanish wunderkind who at 16 was showing such promise that he was already being compared to the greats of the sport.

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Messi, Lamine Yamal's baby photo goes viral ahead of their meeting in the WC final
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17 Jul 2026, 16:17 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Algeria continues to battle intense wildfires amid high temperatures, with authorities saying they have mobilised significant resources to fight them.

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Algeria battles intense wildfires amid heatwave
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17 Jul 2026, 14:23 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

On a rocky Cape Verde beach, Maria and Vania fill their buckets with black sand the moment that waves recede, transporting it on their heads to a stockpile where it will be sold illegally.

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Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach
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17 Jul 2026, 14:18 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Favoured by the likes of Beyoncé and Aya Nakamura, Ivory Coast fashion is wooing the world stage, thanks in part to showcasing on social media.

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Ivory Coast fashion designers storm the international stage
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17 Jul 2026, 13:56 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Iranian state media are reporting that bridges, a train station, and an airport were among the sites hit, amid renewed airstrikes.

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Iran accuses the United States of bombing civilian infrastructure
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17 Jul 2026, 11:53 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

The Constitutional Court validated, on 16 June, five of the six candidacies: the incumbent President Carlos Vila Nova, running for a second term; former Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus; the parliamentary leader of the ADI, Nito D’Abreu; as well as jurists Miques João Bonfim and Eugénio Tiny.

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Five candidates confirmed for Sao Tome and Principe presidential race
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17 Jul 2026, 11:49 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

This is part of a series of new measures to regain control over the gold sector to enhance its contribution to economic development.

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Cameroon launches tax recovery operation in the gold sector
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17 Jul 2026, 11:20 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Cristina Coellen)

On a sweltering afternoon in the French city of Lyon, around 60 dancers fully ignored the heat to immerse themselves in a festive performance brought to them by Kenyan-American choreographer and dancer Wanjiru Kamuyu.

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"Shangwe, le bal": a dance project full of joy
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17 Jul 2026, 11:19 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Twenty children and one adult were killed on Friday when their bus overturned in Uganda.

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20 children killed in bus crash in Uganda
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17 Jul 2026, 10:21 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Praia earlier this week requested that Bissau swiftly release the country’s main opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira.

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Tensions as Guinea-Bissau freezes ties with Cape Verde over claims of interference
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17 Jul 2026, 10:12 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Nigeria has completed the voluntary repatriation of its citizens from South Africa after weeks of xenophobic attacks and anti-immigration protests, the Nigerian foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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Nigeria repatriates 1,490 nationals from South Africa after xenophobic violence
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17 Jul 2026, 10:11 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

The Trump administration has confirmed tough new rules for foreign students in the US, set to take effect in September.

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America tightens rules for international students starting September
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17 Jul 2026, 09:09 GMT By editorial@africanews.com

The US ultimatum for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC expired on Wednesday but there’s been no let up in the fighting. Now thousands of displaced families in Uvira are seeing their hopes of returning home slip away.

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DRC: Uvira's displaced lose hope as US ultimatum on Rwanda troops expires
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17 Jul 2026, 08:52 GMT By editorial@africanews.com

The US ultimatum for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC expired on Wednesday but there’s been no let up in the fighting. Now thousands of displaced families in Uvira are seeing their hopes of returning home slip away.

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Displaced lose hope as US ultimatum to withdraw foreign troops from DRC expires
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17 Jul 2026, 08:41 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

In an address to the nation, he made unverified claims that Beijing interfered in the 2020 polls which he lost.

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Trump accuses China of interfering in US elections ahead of midterms
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