'We are seeing the end in sight. Don't stop now,' UNAIDS chief tells US and the West
Africa • Oct 2, 2025, 10:20 AM
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, warned that "rapid and abrupt" cuts in US funding for AIDS programmes were threatening the advances made in fighting the epidemic in recent years. She expressed hope that some of the programmes that had been suspended by the Trump administration were being reinstated, but noted that "steady declines" in funding from Europe and other donors were putting fragile populations, especially "in low-income countries of Africa", at risk of "more new infections and more deaths".
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Generation Z is stirring up rebellion across borders, from Morocco to Madagascar
Africa • 4:07 PM
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Gen Z, the first generation to have grown up in the internet age, has been at the forefront of anti-government protests in several countries of the Global South. Madagascar and Morocco are the latest countries to be hit by these youth-led movements, whic
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'We are seeing the end in sight. Don't stop now,' UNAIDS chief tells US and the West
Africa • 10:20 AM
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, warned that "rapid and abrupt" cuts in US funding for AIDS programmes were threatening the advances made in fighting the epidemic in recent years. She expressed hope that some
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Gen Z: How social media fuel this generation's global revolt
Africa • 9:10 AM
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🇲🇦🇲🇬🇳🇵Across Asia and Africa, from the Philippines to Morocco, Gen Z is organizing online and actively protesting against governments, social and economic inequalities, as well as power cuts, water shortages, and social media bans 📲
France24’s Stella E
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Unlike Arab Spring, today’s Moroccan youth are demanding dignity, justice, and accountability
Africa • 7:42 AM
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“The world sees the stadiums and the TGV, but Gen Z sees the broken schools, empty hospitals, and silent courts,” explains Aboubakr Jamai, Dean of the Donna Dillon Manning School of Global Affairs at The American College of the Mediterranean. As Morocco’
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Death toll in Morocco protests rises to three, PM says
Africa • 3:01 AM
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Three people have been killed in protests in Morocco demanding reforms to the public health and education sectors, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch said Thursday, in his first public address since the unrest started nearly a week ago. The youth-led demonst
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Two killed as Morocco protests escalate into clashes with police
Africa • 12:36 AM
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Two people were shot dead when police opened fire on a crowd attempting to storm a police station in southern Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as nationwide protests, fuelled by anger over corruption and inequality, entered their fifth day. Profes
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The exodus of oasis dwellers: In Mauritania, climate change is threatening date farmers
Africa • 12:23 AM
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In the oasis of the Mauritanian Sahara, the main refuge for date palms, climate change is tightening its grip. These ecosystems, which depend on shallow groundwater reserves, are at risk because recent rainfall has not been enough to replenish them. This
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