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Ivory Coast president announces French troops' departure in January Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in January, making it the latest country to weaken military ties with the former colonial power...

Niger defence ministry says 39 killed in 'horrific' attacks near Burkina Faso border Two attacks along Niger's border with Burkina Faso have killed 39 people, Niamey's defence ministry said Saturday, accusing "criminals" of massacring civilian populations. The borderlands between Niger, Burkina...

Cape Flats farmers fight to preserve a South African breadbasket eyed by developers In the middle of Cape Town’s Cape Flats lies the Philippi Horticutural Area, an agricultural zone that produces more than half of the city’s fresh produce. It sits on top of an aquifer that allows for...

Niger suspends BBC radio for 'spreading false news' in report on jihadist attack Niger has suspended BBC radio for three months after it reported that jihadists had killed 90 Nigerien soldiers on Wednesday, adding the British media outlet to a list of Western media deemed guilty of spreading...

HRW condemns 'atrocities' against Mali civilians following UN withdrawal Human Rights Watch (HRW) have condemned atrocities committed by Mali's army, Wagner Group, and Islamist militants since UN peacekeepers withdrew last December. The ruling junta forced the United Nations stabilisation...

Uganda: Sudanese refugee women are fighting to raise a feminist voice In Uganda, Sudanese refugee women are fighting to raise a feminist voice on the war and rebuild their lives. The “Guardians” association was born in Sudan and regrouped in Kampala. These merchants and intellectuals are...

More than 120, mostly civilians, killed in two days in Sudan bombardments More than 120 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary...

Sudan 'biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded', International Rescue Committee says Sudan topped the ICR's watchlist of global humanitarian crises for the second year in a row in a report released Wednesday. The organisation said a total of 30.4 million people were in humanitarian need in the...

Ghana: John Mahama officially wins election John Dramani Mahama, Ghana’s former president, has been declared the winner of the presidential election, securing 56.5% of the vote. His campaign, focused on tackling the economic crisis, resonated with young Ghanaians seeking change. Celebrations...

Kenyan police fire teargas at peaceful anti-femicide march Hundreds of women took to the streets of Nairobi to protest against femicides and to demand action. But things quickly turned tense when Kenyan police fired teargas. At least three people were arrested, including Amnesty's Kenya...

UN mission calls for funding amid Ethiopia education disruption A UN high-level mission in Ethiopia led by Education Cannot Wait calls for innovative financing solutions to urgently address the education needs of 9 million crisis-affected out-of-school children. FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks...

France returns fighter jets from Chad, marking start of military withdrawal France has withdrawn two parplanes that were based in N'Djamena, two weeks after Chad declared it was ending its decades-long military cooperation with France. While this marks the start of a new chapter, the final...

Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially wins presidential election Ghana's opposition party candidate, John Mahama, won the presidential election with 56.55% of the vote against the ruling party's candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Accra...

Author accused of denying 1994 Rwandan genocide, Charles Onana, found guilty French-Cameroonian journalist Charles Onana and his publisher have been convicted by the Paris Criminal Court of denying the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Survivors' associations had lodged a complaint...

Zimbabwe's sick turn to herbalists over ailing health system In Zimbabwe, the countries' struggling healthcare system is driving desperate cancer patients to unregulated herbalists. Doctors warn these types of alternative medecines could be doing more harm than good. Story by Laurent Berstecher.

FRANCE 24 speaks to 'Women in Science' award-winner about managing Tanzania's water access The 'For Women in Science International Awards' program was created in 1998. The honour is dished out every year by L'Oréal and UNESCO for exceptional women researches and their contributions to the...

Dakar Fashion Week: 'fashion is art' The Dakar fashion week wrapped up in spectacular style, turning Senegal into the epicentre of pan-African haute-couture. Designers from South-Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast and beyond brought patterns, audacious colours, and fearless creativity. The event...

Violence against women: South Africa’s safe houses face closure threat South African campaigners are in the midst of ramping up for an awareness drive about the scale and impact of violence against women. The country has a domestic violence rate five times higher than the global average and it...

Polls open in general election in Ghana overshadowed by the worst economic crisis in a generation Ghanaians headed to the polls Saturday in presidential and legislative elections poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups. Details by Shirli Sitbon.

Ghana votes in tight election amid hopes for better economic times Ghana held a presidential and parliamentary election on Saturday amid hopes for an economic revival after the worst financial crisis in a generation, which led to a major debt default in the West African nation. Details by FRANCE...