Pix of the Day: November 19, 2025
Pix of the Day: November 19, 2025 Africanews RSS
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French President Emmanuel Macron to embark on Africa tour
[[{“value”:” French president Emmanuel Macron will embark on a new tour of Africa this week, hoping to “spur” new “dynamics” in the relationship between France and the continent, according to the Élysée Palace. The tour will start with a visit…
South Africa: Two school staff shot dead inside Tembisa Primary School
[[{“value”:” Authorities in South Africa are investigating the fatal shooting of a school principal and an administrative staff member at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa. The two women were killed inside the school’s administration block late on Tuesday afternoon. The…
Search intensifies for abducted Nigerian girls as gunmen attack church
[[{“value”:” Nigeria Security forces in north-western Nigeria are intensifying efforts to find the 24 young girls abducted by gunmen from a school in an early-morning raid on Monday. President Bola Tinubu has called for swift action to return them to…
Embalo aims for historic re-election as Guinea-Bissau grapples with turmoil
[[{“value”:” Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló is pushing to make history this month by becoming Guinea-Bissau’s first sitting president in 30 years to win re-election. But his first term has been anything but calm. Since taking office in 2020, his government…
Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts return home but security threats remain
[[{“value”:” Mali When fighters connected to al-Qaeda took over Timbuktu 13 years ago, local families and the staff of the Malian city’s Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research rescued tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts. The texts…
Nine former Bongo aides found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement
[[{“value”:” Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court delivered a landmark verdict on Tuesday: nine former collaborators of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo were sentenced to two to fifteen years in prison for massive embezzlement of public funds, corruption, and money laundering. This ruling…
Volunteers help clean the polluted Jukskei River “prone” to flash floods
[[{“value”:” Pollution In South Africa’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that’s designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains. Without the nets, the shacks in…
United Nations urges immediate release of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls
[[{“value”:” The United Nations has condemned the kidnapping of more than 20 girls from a school in the town of Maga in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State on Monday, and urged their “swift release”. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said “this…
President of Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi marks his 71st birthday
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was born on 19 November 1954 in Cairo. Throughout his career, he has held a number of prominent political positions. In particular, from 2019 to 2020, he chaired the African Union. In the 2014…