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Market traders in Benin prepare for difficult transition as sprawling Dontokpa market faces closure In Southern Benin, the hugely popular Dantokpa market, one of the largest open-air markets in the region, is facing closure. Since June, authorities have been encouraging traders to make the shift...

Linguistic shift underway in Senegal, where Wolof is overtaking French A linguistic shift is underway in Senegal. Wolof is spoken by 80% of the population and has progressively overtaken French, the country’s official language, as the dominant language of communication. Private Wolof classes...

Sudan crisis : UN reports record number of aid workers killed last year For World Humanitarian day, the UN released its annual stats for the number of humanitarian workers killed on the job. 2023 has broken all records, with 280 having lost their lives worldwide. Most of them, 163, were killed...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills near two dozen, sickens hundreds Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and...

What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa? Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak...

First day of Sudan peace talks concludes with army absent, RSF presence unclear Over a year into a conflict that has caused the world's worst displacement crisis, US-led peace talks for the war in Sudan showed little promise as the Sudanese army failed to send representatives, and the warring...

WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighbouring countries, the...

W.H.O : Mpox is global health emergency World's Health organization Director-General has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the...

Africa's top health body sounds alarm over mpox outbreak The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more...

Africa Centres for Disease Control sounds alarm over mpox outbreak Africa's main public health body has declared a continental emergency over an agressive strain of the mpox virus. Tens of thousands of people have been infected in an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo last...

Ugandan court convicts LRA rebel leader of war crimes in landmark trial Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 offences, including crimes against humanity, on Tuesday in Uganda’s first trial of an LRA member, marking a historic moment for the...

Africa's top health body declares monkeypox a 'public health emergency' Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a “public health emergency of continental security” by Africa’s top health body over an outbreak that spread from the Democratic Republic...

Tanzania opposition demand party members' release after leader's 'troubling' arrest Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of Tanzania's Chadema party, was detained with his deputy at an airport in Mbeya on Monday, prompting the country's main opposition party to call for the immediate and unconditional...

Tunisia's electoral commission approves two candidates and incumbent Saied for presidential vote Tunisia's electoral commission said Saturday it had approved three out of a possible 14 presidential candidates, including incumbent Kais Saied. Tunisian opposition parties and human rights groups...

Kenya: police fire tear gas at protesters calling for president Ruto's resignation Clashes broke out on Thursday between demonstrators and police in Nairobi, as protests by Generation Z entered their second month. In a statement, Reporters Without Borders denounced "violence against journalists"...

Amid 'apocalyptic level of humanitarian desperation' in Sudan, activist K. Khair speaks to France 24 The conflict in Sudan has cost tens of thousands of lives and has brought famine to half a million people at least. Aid fails to get through to where it is needed. FRANCE 24 caught up with...

Former president of Ghana John Mahama cleared in Airbus corruption scandal Former Ghanaian president, John Mahama has been cleared of any corruption allegations by the special prosecutor. His brother had been accused of accepting bribes on behalf of the head of state from aerospace giant Airbus...

In Uganda, non-profit group uses theatre to raise awareness about domestic abuse Non-profit groups have been heading out to rural communities in Uganda to highlights the importance of speaking up about domestic abuse, using theatre and role-play. Story by Sophie Lamotte.

Sudan: "apocalyptic level of humanitarian desperation" In Sudan, aid fails to get through but weapons are in ample supply. We hear from up with sudanese campaigner Kholood khair as she heads to New York to brief the UN security council on the crisis consuming her homeland.

UN emphasizes scale of human suffering in Sudan hunger crisis The civil war that has been raging in Sudan for almost 16 months has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. More than half the population is facing "acute food insecurity", according to the United Nations. Nearly 26 million...