AFRICA NEWS - Asian News from UK

Congo rejects Kenya’s diplomatic appointment to Goma

Goma, located in eastern Congo, has been at the center of a conflict between the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, which launched a lightning assault on the mineral-rich regional

August 17, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·Defence

South Africa hosts Africa Water Summit

The conference, convened by South Africa as part of its G20 presidency and jointly organised with the African Union (AU), the AU Development Agency, and the African Union-Africa Water Investment Program (AU-AIP)

August 17, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·Environment

UAE boosts Africa water investment drive

The UAE reaffirmed its dedication to Africa’s water security at the Africa Water Investment Summit, advancing climate-resilient projects and preparations for the 2026 UN Water Conference….reports Asian Lite News The United Arab

August 15, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·UAE News

Greece may extend North Africa asylum ban

In July, the government stopped processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea for three months in an effort to curb arrivals from Libya to Crete Plevris said he

August 11, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·Europe

3 African nations agree to take US deportees

The US sent eight men from South Sudan, Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan in East Africa in early July after their deportations were held up by a legal

August 10, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·USA

Somalia’s army recaptures key town from militants

The town of Bariire, located approximately 100 kilometres west of the capital, Mogadishu, in the Bas-Shabelle region, holds strategic importance due to its proximity to a major military operational base…reports Asian Lite

August 10, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·Defence

UAHR slams ‘baseless’ Port Sudan allegations

The Union Association for Human Rights (UAHR) has strongly condemned recent accusations by the so-called “Port Sudan Authority” against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling them “baseless” and a deliberate attempt to

August 8, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·UAE News

UN says scores of farmers killed in Congo

The M23 and Congolese government have pledged to work toward peace by August 18 after the rebels this year seized more territory in fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of

August 3, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·POLITICS

22 dead, 1,200 held in Angola fuel protests

The office of Angolan President Joao Lourenco released the death toll in a statement in the two days of violence and spread from the capital to at least six other provinces Violence

August 3, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·POLITICS

African armies turn to drones

Some 30 African governments have acquired drones, according to data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies “Military Balance” and the Center for a New American Security’s Drone Proliferation Dataset The Easter

August 3, 2025

-Top News·AFRICA NEWS·Defence

AFRICA NEWS - Page 24