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Mauritanians slam curbs on linguistic diversity as President Ghazouani seeks reelection Mauritanians head to the polls on Saturday with incumbent President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani expected to win a second consecutive term. But in a country deeply divided between the Arab-Berber community at the...

The 'Kagame generation': Many young Rwandans support president, but others seek change Rwandans are expected to re-elect Paul Kagame to a fourth term in next month's presidential election. Having guided the country since he put an end to the genocide of the Tutsis in 1994, the president presents...

Kenya : police fire tear gas on protestors after finance bill withdrawn In Kenya, police clash with protesters who continued to gather in Kenya, a day after president Ruto withdrew his unpopular tax bill. Two people were killed.

WTO head Okonjo-Iweala on Africa's trade and development roadmap In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Geneva, the head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith about her take on the vital components of Africa's trade and development roadmap.

Sierre Leone grapples with kush crisis as synthetic drug wreaks havoc Earlier this year, Sierra Leone declared a national emergency on substance abuse, amid rising numbers of people addicted to a synthetic drug called kush. Sold for as little as 20 cents per hit, kush is wreaking havoc among...

Protesters call for Kenya's president to resign despite tax-hike bill withdrawal Protesters in Kenya are demanding the resignation of President William Ruto despite his decision Wednesday to withdraw a controversial finance bill aimed at raising taxes to help relieve the country's debt burdens...

Kenya : Ruto withdraws bill after deadly protest In Kenya, William Ruto has said that the controversial tax bill will be withdrawn. It comes after at least 22 people were killed in protests against the bill on Tuesday, according to Kenya’s Human Rights Commission. The organisation has said that...

Kenya's Ruto says finance bill to be withdrawn after anti-tax protest deaths Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday said he would withdraw planned tax rises, bowing to pressure after deadly demonstations saw protesters storming parliament and threatening more action this week.

ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu war crimes The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted an al Qaeda-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, notably for abusing prisoners as the de facto chief of the Islamic police in the historic desert city...

More than a dozen killed in Kenya protests over tax hike proposals At least 13 people were killed in protests on Tuesday in Kenya after police opened fire on protesters demonstrating against proposals on tax hikes aimed at reducing government debt. The youth-led rallies that started peacefully...

Niger in mourning after 'terrorist armed group' kill 20 soldiers, one civilian An armed group killed 20 troops and one civilian in jihadist-plagued western Niger on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, announcing three days of national mourning.

Kenya : at least five people shot dead during demonstrations At least 5 dead during huge protests in Kenyan capital Nairobi. Police and demonstrators clashed over planned tax increases.

Kenyan police fire rubber bullets at protesters demonstrating against tax hikes Kenyan police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse young protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, AFP reporters saw, escalating tensions as demonstrators rallied across the country against proposed tax...

Kenya : Ruto bids farewell to Haiti bound-police Kenyan police officers assigned to a mission to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya imminently, four officers on the mission and a former police officer said. The country volunteered to lead an international force to tackle...

Ian Khama has 'nothing' to fear in Botswana, says his successor President Mokgweetsi Masisi In an interview with FRANCE 24, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi was asked to react to the case of his predecessor, Ian Khama. Botswana is asking for Khama's extradition due to a warrant against him...

Egypt cracks down on tourism companies after 1,000 pilgrims have died in searing Mecca heat Egypt withdrew the operating licenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca, a crisis unit...

Thousands of people are rallying Kenyan protesters' call for mass strike against tax hike Kenya’s government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, aimed at eventually closing a housing deficit that World Bank data puts at 2 million units. 70% of people living urban areas live in informal...

Sierra Leone's chimpanzees have lost a third of their habitat in the last 25 years Sierra Leone has lost 35% of its forest cover in the past 25 years due to deforestation. Its chimpanzee population has also been decimated and is 10 times smaller now than in the 1970s. The Tacugama Chimpanzee...

Photographer James Barnor, who immortalised Ghana, honoured on 95th birthday James Barnor opened one of the country's first photo studios in Ghana. That's where he immortalized the Nation at the time of its independence. He photographed Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah and several major...

Namibian Pride: activists hail overturning of law that banned same-sex acts between men. A top court in Namibia has ruled colonial-era laws banning same-sex relationships were unconstitutional, in a case brought by a local LGBTQ+ activist. Also in the programme, Kenyan protesters call for a...