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Hero or dictator? Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea's independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they're looking for. But this...

Chagos islanders hope to return after UK cedes last African colony Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African colony. The UK severed the...

Tunisians divided over leader Kais Said ahead of presidential election Ahead of Tunisia's presidential election scheduled for October 6, many Tunisians are taking stock of the past five years under the presidency of Kais Saied. The country remains divided between his long-term supporters, and...

Conservationist Patricia Wright on finding a new rainforest in Madagascar A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical...

Locals want Turkana Boy to come home to the cradle of humanity A skeleton billed as being the oldest complete human remains ever found are at the heart of Kenya's latest tourism campaign. "Turkana Boy" is a symbol of the country's positioning as the cradle of humanity. But people living near the...

Rwandan ex-doctor on trial in France accused of genocide In tonight's edition, a former Rwandan doctor is on trial in Paris for allegedly helping destroy evidence of some of the killings. Also, Kenyan lawmakers have started the process of removing the country's deputy president from office. And...

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus In tonight's edition, Rwanda raises the alarm as eight people died after getting the Marburg disease, a highly contagious virus with Ebola-like symptoms. Also, the UAE is to file an official complaint with the African Union over what it...

Manhunt to find suspects after 17 are killed in 2 mass shootings in South African town The shooting victims, including 15 women, were killled while attending a family gathering near the town of Lusikisiki in a rural area of Eastern Cape province. South Africa, a country of 62 million, recorded...

The long journey home for South African freedom fighters Forty-two South African freedom fighters have been honoured in their homeland after their bodies were repatriated from Zimbabwe and Zambia. The activists died there in exile decades ago during the struggle against Apartheid. Their return...

Sudan General al-Burhan addresses UN Assembly as his army launches a major offensive against RSF As General Burhan addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, advocating peace in Sudan, his army launched a major offensive in Khartoum. Today, the military seemed to have the upper hand over the...

Human Rights Watch accuses DR Congo, M23 and Rwanda of harming civilians in conflict In its new report, the NGO Human Rights Watch accuses the Rwandan army and the M23 rebel group of “indiscriminate” bombardment of displaced persons' camps around Goma. The NGO also points to the role of the...

Designer Laduma Ngxkolo brings Xhosa avant-garde style to Paris fashion week Laduma Ngxokolo is the man behind one of South Africa's most influential global exports. The Mahosa brand has been showcased around the world both in fashion and art circles. His designs have been displayed at the...

Push for diplomatic action on Sudan conflict The civil war in Sudan is amongst the world's worst, yet it attracts fatally little diplomatic action. As international leaders meet in New York for the UN General Assembly, the body's secretary general raised the alarm about the escalation in the...

Senegal’s Sonko accuses former government of ‘embezzlement en masse’, vows probe Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday accused former president Macky Sall of having run a government rife with corruption, amounting to “embezzlement of public funds en masse”. Sonko, who made the...

Laduma Ngxokolo's Xhosa couture at Paris Fashion Week Fashion designer Laduma Ngxokolo is the man behind one of South Africa's most influential labels, MaXhosa. His designs have been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and he's a regular highlight of fashion weeks. Currently in...

Heavy fighting in Khartoum as Sudan army pushes to retake paramilitary positions Sudan's army launched artillery and air strikes in Sudan's capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

US President Joe Biden urges world to stop arming rival generals in Sudan After 17 months of a devastating conflict in Sudan, US President Joe Biden calls on the world to stop arming the warring generals. Also, the government in DR Congo frees over 1,500 prisoners detained in the notorious...

Hunger crisis in Sudan has reached 'famine-like proportions', NGO warns Sudan is experiencing a starvation crisis of historic proportions, according to NGOs, which call the silence from the international community "deafening". It is estimated that more than half of the population of Sudan is...

Tanzania releases arrested opposition leaders Police in Tanzania release three opposition leaders on bail, hours after they were arrested for planning anti-government protests in Dar es Salaam. Also, a court in Zimbabwe denies bail to over 60 opposition figures and activists. And dozens of...

Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in Africa The vaccination campaign against mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo is to begin on October 2. The country at the epicenter of the outbreak registered more than 24,000 cases. Meanwhile, vaccination has already begun in neighbouring...