Guinea-Bissau's ousted president leaves the country after coup
Africa • Nov 27, 2025, 10:12 PM
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In tonight's edition: Ousted Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo has arrived in Senegal after General Horta N'Tam was appointed as the country's transitional leader. Also, many women in Africa had been promised jobs in hospitality and catering, but instead found themselves building drones for the Russian war effort. And in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, entire neighbourhoods have been submerged, with streets turned into rivers. Flooding has been fuelled not just by heavy rains but by mountains of plastic waste.
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Exclusive: The first proof of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s civil war
Africa • 7:22 AM
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An investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how chlorine gas was used as a weapon in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. All evidence suggests the Sudanese army used chlorine to recapture a strategic refinery from the Rapid Support Forces militi
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How did chlorine imported to Sudan for water purification end up being used as a poison gas?
Africa • 7:00 AM
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Barrels containing chlorine gas were used as a chemical weapon near an oil refinery in Sudan in September 2024, as shown by the first part of an investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers. In this second installment, we trace how the barrels were imported
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