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In Burundi, young humorists spark laughter… and thought
Àfrica • 8:59
1 min
In Burundi, laughter is becoming a powerful form of expression. Far from official discourse and tightly controlled media, a new generation of comedians is turning daily life.. and politics … into punchlines. From viral sketches on social media to live
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Cuatro países africanos se quedarán sin reservas de alimentos para niños desnutridos: Save The Children
Àfrica • 15:04
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Nigeria, Kenia, Somalia y Sudán del Sur tienen reservas de alimentos para niños desnutridos solo hasta diciembre de 2025, advirtió la organización Save The Children, afectada por los recortes  de EE. UU. y algunos países europeos para la cooperación inte
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Inside Ghana's last 'witch camps'
Àfrica • 11:16
1 min
In northern Ghana, hundreds of women accused of witchcraft are living in open-air prisons. Rejected by their families and communities, these women are forced to seek refuge in "witch camps", where living conditions are extremely difficult. NGOs and polit
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The Bright Side: Malawi's sacred Mount Mulanje added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Àfrica • 8:40
1 min
The sacred Mount Mulanje in southern Malawi was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July, a move that locals hope will promote eco-tourism while curbing illegal logging.
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Deportados por Trump a África: ¿qué hay detrás de estos acuerdos?
Àfrica • 0:40
1 min
Uganda firmó un pacto con Estados Unidos para acoger a migrantes de terceros países deportados, pero que se rehúsan a regresar a sus lugares de origen. Washington ya ha realizado deportaciones a otras naciones africanas como Sudán del Sur y Esuatini, las
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Dijous, 28 d’agost de 2025

Campaigners want to change world map to show Africa is bigger
Àfrica • 20:33
1 min
In tonight's edition: Africa says it's time the world sees it at the right size. The African Union has backed a campaign to replace the centuries-old Mercator map, which shrinks the continent, with the more accurate Equal Earth projection. Also, Tanzania
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Zimbabue, una tierra exhausta: vidas al borde del colapso climático
Àfrica • 17:25
1 min
En Zimbabue, el mundo rural ve cómo la crisis climática le hace cortes de manga y las formas de vida se extinguen. La tierra es cada vez más inhóspita y muchos se van para no volver, exacerbando dificultades en contextos ya de por sí frágiles. Un reporta
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UNICEF says children face starvation and deadly violence in Sudan
Àfrica • 15:40
1 min
After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily, UNICEF warned today. France24 spoke with the Chief of Communication
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Exploring Mount Mulanje: Sacred Malawi site added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Àfrica • 10:29
1 min
Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape in southern Malawi has been officially added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, marking a significant milestone for one of Africa’s underrepresented sites. This recognition not only honours the mountain’s rich cultural an
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Dimecres, 27 d’agost de 2025

Moroccan feminist accused of 'offending Islam' denied medical release despite health concerns
Àfrica • 20:45
1 min
Moroccan feminist Ibtissame Lachgar was denied bail Wednesday despite being treated for cancer, her lawyer said. Lachgar was arrested earlier August after she posted a picture of herself in a t-shirt that read "Allah is lesbian".
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Leaders of Senegal, France say they're committed to strengthening relationship
Àfrica • 20:29
1 min
In tonight's edition: Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye visits his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysée Palace. Also, Russia courts Niger with offers to build a nuclear power plant in a bid to displace France's decades-long dominanc
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Fighting war-fuelled cholera in Sudan: NGO sounds alarm on lack of funding
Àfrica • 13:13
1 min
War-torn Sudan is in the grips of one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years. More than 100,000 people have been infected by the disease and over 2,400 lives lost since the outbreak was declared last year. The war has been fuelling the crisis, forcing m
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Nigerian firm revolutionises the world of prosthetics with bionic arms
Àfrica • 9:59
1 min
And finally, a prosthetics firm in Nigeria has created a breakthrough that's changing the lives of amputees -- bionic arms. In the state of Aqua Ibom, the company's humanoid bionic arms are not only functional and humanlike to match Nigerians' skin tones
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Senegal: Abass Fall elected mayor of Dakar elected, shifting the capital to PASTEF
Àfrica • 9:56
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After months of legal battles and political uncertainty, Dakar’s mayoral office is turning a new page. The Senegalese capital has shifted to the colors of PASTEF, the ruling party. In an extraordinary session, city councilors elected Abass Fall as the ne
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Boko Haram founder's son reportedly arrested in Chad for leading terorrist cell
Àfrica • 9:54
1 min
The son of radical preacher Mohamed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram was reportedly arrested by authorities in Chad, according to intelligence sources. He's accused of leading a cell linked to he Islamic State West Africa Province or ISWAP -- a terr
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France returns skull of colonial-era beheaded king to Madagascar
Àfrica • 9:48
1 min
France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Madagascar, Gaelle Borgia.
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Dimarts, 26 d’agost de 2025

France hands back human remains to Madagascar, 127 years after colonial massacre
Àfrica • 20:38
1 min
France has formally returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897. His skull was then taken back to Paris as a trophy and placed in the
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Armed men kill four in attack in Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso border
Àfrica • 15:24
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Armed men killed four villagers and left another missing in northeastern Ivory Coast near Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. The attack comes amid fears of a spillover of the Sahel region’s jihadist insurgencies towards coastal West Africa, with Benin
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Dilluns, 25 d’agost de 2025

Nigerian military rescues 76 kidnap victims held in 'bandit' camp
Àfrica • 5:15
1 min
At least 76 kidnap victims, including women and children, were rescued on Saturday by Nigeria's military in northwestern Katsina state, local security authorities said, adding that one child captive died in the operation. The rescue followed a precision
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Diumenge, 24 d’agost de 2025

Fuerza Aérea de Nigeria lanza ataques de precisión contra red criminal y libera a 76 secuestrados
Àfrica • 19:59
1 min
76 personas que había sido secuestradas por un grupo delictivo local fueron rescatadas en el estado noroccidental de Katsina, Nigeria, luego de que la Fuerza Aérea desplegara un ataque de precisión en la localidad de Pauwa Hill, de acuerdo con la informa
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Dissabte, 23 d’agost de 2025

Nigerian air force says at least 35 jihadists killed near border with Cameroon
Àfrica • 19:52
1 min
Nigeria’s air force said it killed at least 35 jihadist fighters in air strikes on Saturday near the Cameroon border, following an attempted assault on ground troops in the country’s conflict-hit northwest.
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The Bright Side: Benin's Subarachill convention blends otaku culture and West African style
Àfrica • 9:50
1 min
Cotonou's Subarachill convention brings Benin’s biggest manga and anime fans together to celebrate their love of Japanese culture – and bring their own West African influences to the iconic otaku aesthetic.
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Benin's Subarachill convention brings manga and anime fans together
Àfrica • 8:44
1 min
FRANCE 24 heads to Cotonou to meet the young Beninese who create exciting worlds inspired by manga and Japanese pop culture. The Subarachill festival perfectly captures this spirit: a space where Japan meets Benin, where cosplay costumes are made with wa
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Divendres, 22 d’agost de 2025

Cape Verde recovers from deadly floods caused by Storm Erin
Àfrica • 20:20
1 min
In the Atlantic islands of Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, recovery efforts are ongoing after Tropical Storm Erin brought torrential downpours. At least nine people were killed and hundreds more were displaced when the rainfall turned streets i
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Dijous, 21 d’agost de 2025

Boko Haram leader killed in Lake Chad basin operation, Niger army says
Àfrica • 23:54
1 min
Niger’s army on Thursday said it killed Boko Haram leader Bakura during a “surgical operation” last week on an island in the Lake Chad basin in the Diffa region near the borders with Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.
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¿Un plan para la expulsión de gazatíes a África?
Àfrica • 19:04
1 min
Nuevos reportes sugieren que varios países de África estarían en la mira de Israel para enviar a ciudadanos palestinos expulsados de la Franja de Gaza. Así lo indicaron las agencias Reuters y Associated Press, aunque naciones como Sudán del Sur lo niegan
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French judges dismiss genocide case against Rwanda's former first lady
Àfrica • 15:22
1 min
French judges dismissed a long-running case against Agathe Habyarimana, widow of Rwanda’s former president, ruling there was insufficient evidence to link her to the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.
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Tunisians rally in support of embattled trade union amid government clampdown
Àfrica • 14:25
1 min
Tunisia’s main labour union drew the country’s largest rally in months on Thursday, as members and backers protested President Kais Saied’s growing pressure on the UGTT, denouncing rising repression and a rollback of freedoms in the birthplace of the Ara
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Dimecres, 20 d’agost de 2025

El precio de abandonar: África se conduele tras los recortes de la ayuda estadounidense
Àfrica • 15:14
1 min
El abrupto recorte de la ayuda humanitaria estadounidense ordenado por la Administración de Donald Trump ha desmantelado en seis meses programas clave de alimentación, salud y educación en África subsahariana, la región que más fondos recibía de la desap
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At least 140 killed by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo, rights group says
Àfrica • 15:08
1 min
Human Rights Watch said 141 people, predominantly Hutus, were feared to have been killed in eastern Congo in July in attacks believed to have been carried out by the Rwanda-backed M23 group, the most prominent of the armed groups fighting for control of
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Dimarts, 19 d’agost de 2025

‘Unravelling of international humanitarian law’: Deadliest year yet for aid workers
Àfrica • 21:51
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The world is becoming increasingly dangerous for humanitarian workers. New data from the Aid Worker Security Report reveals that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the line of duty last year. On World Humanitarian Day, we speak with the report’s aut
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Gambling emerges as a public health issue in Kenya
Àfrica • 21:38
1 min
In Kenya, gambling is increasingly being recognised as a public health issue. More and more people are being drawn to games of chance and sports betting in the hopes of hitting the jackpot. However, many punters are finding themselves trapped in addictio
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Ex-Mali PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga jailed on public funds embezzlement charges
Àfrica • 16:41
1 min
Choguel Kokalla Maiga, the ex-prime minister of Mali, was formally charged with embezzlement of public funds and placed in prison on Tuesday – deepening concerns over mounting political repression under the country’s ruling military junta. Maiga was sack
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DR Congo and M23 rebels miss peace deal deadline but will continue talks
Àfrica • 15:50
1 min
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels were meant to finalise a peace agreement by August 18, according to an earlier commitment signed in July. Though the two parties have missed the deadline, Qatar, who is mediating the talks, sa
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DR Congo: Will recent violence derail ongoing peace talks with Rwanda and M23 rebels?
Àfrica • 10:00
1 min
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, there are fears that recent violence will derail peace talks meant to bring an end to fighting with M23 rebels, who are backed by Rwanda. The United States, which has put pressure on all sides to stop the fighting
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Madagascar's Rajoelina assumes rotating leadership of SADC
Àfrica • 9:58
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The 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit wrapped up on Monday in Madagascar. The event marked a major political milestone for President Andry Rajoelina, who officially assumed the organization’s rotating chairmanship for the next yea
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Teeth that shake up human evolution: Ethiopian fossils shed light on ancestors
Àfrica • 9:12
1 min
Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to whi
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Dilluns, 18 d’agost de 2025

‘People are dying of hunger’: Darfur resident explains what life is like for besieged civilians
Àfrica • 11:40
1 min
An estimated 500,000 civilians are trapped in El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, which has been under siege for more than a year by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. Our team spoke to one resident who told us about his daily
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Diumenge, 17 d’agost de 2025

Qatar shares peace draft with DR Congo, M23 rebels as deadline looms
Àfrica • 14:28
1 min
Ahead of an August 18 deadline, a Qatari official on Sunday said Qatari negotiators had shared a draft peace deal with the Congolese government and M23 rebels. Doha is set to host a new round of negotiations, the official added.
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Southern African leaders meet in Madagascar for SADC summit
Àfrica • 10:49
1 min
Leaders of Southern African states are gathering in Madagascar this Sunday (August 17) and Monday for a regional summit of the Southern African Development Community. The region's mining industry is the main topic on the agenda of this 45th summit.They'r
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Dissabte, 16 d’agost de 2025

Tunisia's labour union UGTT calls for protest amid crackdown threats
Àfrica • 10:37
1 min
Tunisia's powerful labour union, long seen as a cornerstone of the country's fragile democracy, called for a major march in downtown of the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Thursday to retaliate against mounting pressure from President Kais Saied and his sup
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Dijous, 14 d’agost de 2025

Mali junta accuses 'foreign states' of attempted destabilisation plot
Àfrica • 23:21
1 min
Mali's ruling military junta said Thursday it had arrested a French national suspected of working for French intelligence services and at least 55 soldiers for allegedly attempting to "destabilise the institutions of the republic" with the help of "forei
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Oil producers resist as nations push for global plastics agreement
Àfrica • 21:06
1 min
Negotiators in Geneva are scrambling to salvage a global treaty aimed at curbing plastic pollution, as talks enter their final day. Nearly 100 countries are pushing for an agreement, but opposition from oil-producing nations threatens to derail progress.
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Moroccan feminist activist accused of 'offending Islam' has trial postponed
Àfrica • 4:09
1 min
A Moroccan feminist activist has provoked widespread outrage after she was arrested on Sunday for posting a picture of herself wearing a shirt with the word "Allah" followed by "is lesbian". The woman had her trial postponed by two weeks on Wednesday aft
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US cracks down on mineral trafficking in DR Congo with new sanctions
Àfrica • 2:30
1 min
The United States has imposed sanctions on an armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing it of profiting from mineral trafficking. Congolese and Chinese companies linked to this illegal trade have also been sanctioned. This decision co
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Dimecres, 13 d’agost de 2025

Macron admits French 'repressive violence' in Cameroon decolonisation 'war'
Àfrica • 20:24
1 min
France waged a "war" in Cameroon marked by "repressive violence" during and after the African country's decolonisation in the late 1950s, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in a letter published Tuesday. The letter, sent to his Cameroonian counterpar
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'A disaster': Russia’s Africa Corps suffers its first defeat in Mali
Àfrica • 16:11
1 min
At least three Russian fighters died when a convoy of the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps was caught in a jihadist ambush on August 1 near Ténenkou in the Mopti region of Mali. Members of the jihadist group JNIM filmed grisly footage of the dead
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Mercenarios colombianos: ¿cómo terminaron en Sudán?
Àfrica • 0:28
1 min
El Gobierno de facto de Sudán acusa a Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU) de patrocinar a mercenarios colombianos para combatir junto con las paramilitares Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (FAR). Desde abril de 2023, la guerra entre el Ejército y las FAR ha causado dece
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Dimarts, 12 d’agost de 2025

Fighting resumes between Congolese army and M23 despite ceasefire
Àfrica • 20:53
1 min
Violent clashes have erupted between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite a peace treaty, security and local sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, August 11. Kinshasa and M23 had sig
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Refugiados luchan contra el hambre y el cólera en los campos de desplazados de Sudán
Àfrica • 11:58
1 min
Sin jabón, agua limpia ni la medicina más básica, cientos de miles de personas en campos de refugiados en Darfur, Sudán, enfrentan un brote de cólera. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) informó la semana pasada que se han reportado 100,000 casos e
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Refugees grapple with hunger and cholera in Sudan's displacement camps
Àfrica • 9:26
1 min
Lacking soap, clean water and the most basic medicine, hundreds of thousands of people in refugee camps in Sudan's Darfur are facing an outbreak of cholera. The World Health Organization said last week that 100,000 cases had been reported across the coun
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Tropas nigerianas matan a más de 100 presuntos miembros de una banda criminal
Àfrica • 0:15
1 min
Las fuerzas nigerianas mataron a más de 100 presuntos miembros de una banda criminal en un ataque aéreo y terrestre el domingo 10 de agosto en el estado de Zamfara, según un informe de seguimiento del conflicto elaborado para las Naciones Unidas el lunes
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Dilluns, 11 d’agost de 2025

South Sudan’s mental health services face funding crisis
Àfrica • 20:10
1 min
Authorities in South Sudan are sounding the alarm over the country's mental health crisis. Just last month, 12 suicides were reported in Juba in a single week. Clinics offering mental health support are scarce – and many are at risk of shutting down. In
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Nigerian troops kill more than 100 'bandits' in northwest operation
Àfrica • 14:57
1 min
Nigerian forces killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid on Sunday in Zamfara state, a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations said Monday. The raid follows rising violence, including a deadly attack by
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Sudan: 25 million people acutely food insecure, according to the WHO
Àfrica • 10:28
1 min
Malnutrition has killed 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, a senior health official said Sunday, as fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries intensifies in the western region. Details b
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