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Togolese literary voices call for the turning of a page Togo's trying to turn the page on putting french writers first. A growing movement is demanding that the country's rich heritage be better reflected in classes with more focus on works by local authours. Also for the first time Paris gets...

Guinea-Bissau: Falling cashew prices hit country hard In Guinea Bissau, Cashew nuts account for more than 90% of all exports and for about a quarter of the country’s GDP. But this year, with the harvests well underway, many farmers say they are getting a raw deal. FRANCE 24's Sam Bradpiece explains.

Seychelles fighting climate change: Entrepreneurs dream of saving the ocean Overfishing, global warming and plastic pollution are having a devastating impact on the world’s oceans. Researchers warn that marine ecosystems could almost completely collapse within 25 years. Our correspondent, Gaëlle...

Kenya's pay crisis: Ruto rules out loans for unpaid workers In tonight's edition: Kenya's cash crunch won't see it default on its debt repayments, the government says. But it is struggling to pay its workers on time. Also, locals speak of the toll of the brutality inflicted upon the community of...

Ivory Coast: Are personal freedoms on the decline ahead of local elections? Several opposition activists were arrested and convicted at the end of February, once again sparking a debate on free speech and freedom of assembly in the country. A few months ahead of municipal and regional elections...

Kenya pay crisis: Government struggles to pay its workers on time Kenya's president has insisted that, despite the country's cash troubles its not at risk of defaulting on its debt obligations. However the government has struggled to pay its workers on time. Some unions have threatened to go on...

D.R. Congo massacre: Mass graves haunt town in Eastern DRC In the battered village of Kishishé in North Kivu, last autumn, at least 170 people were massacred. After several weeks of occupation, the M23 left the village to redeploy some 20 km away. The threat is therefore still real, but no armed...

UN chief urges ‘massive international support’ for drought-hit Somalia U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia on Tuesday during his visit to the East African country, which is facing the worst drought in decades.

Kenya to launch operational satellite TAIFA-1 Kenya is preparing to launch its first-ever earth observation satellite.

'No funding': Ivory Coast's autistic children lack treatment Around 1% of the population in Ivory Coast could be affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to estimates from the World Health Organisation. ASD is an often taboo subject, however, and treatment is hard to come by as the...

Ethiopia's Gondar protests over plan to disband regional forces In tonight's edition: At least two people have been killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region amidst protests against the govnermnt's efforts to disband regional special forces. Rome says that more than 28,000 migrants have arrived in...

Commemorations held in Kigali, 29 years after start of genocide in Rwanda Commemorations are taking place in Kigali, 29 years on from the start of the genocide in Rwanda. Some 800,000 Tutsis were killed in the 1994 massacres, leaving widespread trauma that persists to this day. Also in this...

Hundreds of Tunisians protest to demand release of President Saied's opponents Hundreds protested in the Tunisian capital on Sunday for the release of about 20 opponents of President Kais Saied arrested since February.

'Armed terrorist groups' kill scores of civilians in northeastern Burkina Faso Forty-four civilians have been killed by "armed terrorist groups" in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said Saturday.

More than a dozen killed in DR Congo attack attributed to Islamic State group Around 20 people have been killed in an attack in eastern DR Congo, with sources blaming rebels affiliated with the Islamic State jihadist group.

Gabon reduces presidential term to five years before elections Five months before elections, the parliament in Gabon on Thursday voted to reduce the president's term from seven to five years.

Congolese scientist Francine Ntoumi: An ambition for Africa Professor Francine Ntoumi, 62, is a world-renowned scientist and malaria specialist. She is spending a year travelling through her country, the Republic of Congo, to spread the word that education and science can make it a better place...

Dozens killed in Nigeria amid clashes between herders and farmers Gunmen have attacked a rural village in northern central Nigeria, killing dozens of people, local government officials said on Friday.

Pemba people finally given Kenyan citizenship, ending their statelessness The Pemba live along the Indian Ocean, on the Kenyan coast. They arrived in the 1930s and have since been stateless – living without title deeds, social security, access to studies or fishing permits. But this is changing...

Refugee camp in Kenya at 'breaking point' following severe droughts Between 400 and 500 people arrive at Dadaab every day, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, mostly driven from Somalia by drought and insecurity. With some 350,000 people living in these tent cities, all three of the...