Across Africa : Flexing continent's specific perspective for 'The General History of Africa'
Africa • Nov 20, 2025, 10:19 PM
1 min de lecture
A weekly round-up of stories from across the continent with Georja Calvin-Smith. African scholars update a monumental book that sets out the continent's global contribution across thousands of years. Also, South Africa's household help sector is in a mess. About 400,000 jobs have disappeared in the sector over the last 5 years. And reports mount of the brutal treatment of civilians caught in the middle of the RSF's battle to seize the Darfuri city of El Fasher from the army.
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Exclusive: The first proof of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s civil war
Africa • 7:22 AM
1 min
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
1 min
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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