A week of drama in Ghanaian politics
Africa • Oct 23, 2024, 10:00 PM
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Ghana’s ruling NPP party has accused the speaker of parliament of undermining democracy a day after he indefinitely suspended it following a walkout by MPs. The NPP claims Alban Bagbin is biased towards the opposition NDC amidst a high stakes standoff over who can claim a razor slim majority in parliament. It comes just a couple of months before national elections. France 24's Justice Baidoo has the analysis in this edition of Eye on Africa.
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A week of drama in Ghanaian politics
Africa • 10:00 PM
1 min
Ghana’s ruling NPP party has accused the speaker of parliament of undermining democracy a day after he indefinitely suspended it following a walkout by MPs. The NPP claims Alban Bagbin is biased towards the opposition NDC amidst a high stakes standoff ov
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Kenya's ice hockey team now part of the International Federation
Africa • 1:51 PM
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The Kenya Ice Lions are Kenya’s ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
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Easing the burden of sickle cell disease in Africa: more campaigners push for improved care
Africa • 11:08 AM
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Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder that can leave sufferers struggling with serious, sometimes excruciatingly painful health complications. Most of the eight million people worldwide who have the disease are of African descent. With the ri
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In Uganda, opposition members found guilty
Africa • 10:55 AM
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In Uganda, the country's main opposition claims that the guilty verdict of 16 of its members accused of treachery followed after they were forced to confess to the charges. They had already spent four years in jail after their arrest ahead of the 2021 pr
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NGO warns of increase in sexual violence in DR Congo
Africa • 10:52 AM
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Healthcare workers, who are doing what they can to care for victims of violence in eastern DR Congo, say that they have seen a distressing increase in the number of people who have been targetted by sexual violence. Since 2021, survivors - both children
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Kenya's ice hockey Lions join international federation
Africa • 8:28 AM
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Have you heard of the Kenyan Ice Lions? They are Kenya's ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the Internatio
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Focus on the Sahel: Terrorism, NGOs and the Fulani communities
Africa • 5:25 AM
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Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening security situation has forced the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend its operations. FRANCE 24’s Terrorism Expert Wassim Nasr correspon
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