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South Africa : openly gay imam shot dead
Africa • 11:28 PM
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An imam and religious scholar who inspired many with his reconciliation of faith and sexuality is gunned down in South Africa. Police are still searching for Muhsin Hendricks' killer.
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Rwanda's claim of FDLR threat is not credible, DR Congo expert says
Africa • 10:52 PM
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M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of Bukavu, another key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of seizing land in the area for mining and agriculture purposes. Rwanda says it has
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The first openly gay Muslim imam is killed in South Africa, prompting claims of an assassination
Africa • 8:29 PM
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A man regarded as the first openly gay Muslim imam has been fatally shot while sitting in a car in South Africa in what many are calling an assassination because of his teachings. Muhsin Hendricks was ambushed by two men in a pick-up truck while visiting
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French minister in 'historic' Western Sahara visit to back Moroccan sovereignty
Africa • 5:59 PM
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French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to the disputed Western Sahara, a sign of French support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory. The long-frozen conflict opposes Rabat, which considers the former Spanish colony as
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M23 fighters seize key city of Bukavu in DR Congo
Africa • 4:28 PM
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Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up. The fall of Bukavu, ho
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Sunday, february 16, 2025
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Friday, february 14, 2025
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern DR Congo's second major city of Bukavu
Africa • 9:30 PM
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In tonight's edition: Nearly three weeks on from their seizure of Goma, M23 rebels continue their advance to the Congolese city of Bukavu. The conflict is high on the agenda for the African Union summit this weekend as the heads of 55 member states from
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Coastal submersion in Sierra Leone: The vicious cycle of poverty
Africa • 2:30 PM
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According to the United Nations, Sierra Leone is one of the countries most exposed to coastal erosion. More than two million people are threatened by rising sea levels. Even the capital, Freetown, and its informal settlements – built by reclaiming land f
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In South Africa, poor governance leads to collapse of Johannesburg's infrastructure
Africa • 11:54 AM
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The centre of Johannesburg was once an economic hub with abundant green spaces. But over the last two decades, the South African city centre has become known for crime, dumped waste, broken infrastructure and restrictions on water and electricity. A surg
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Thursday, february 13, 2025
London hearing over Shell's Niger Delta activity: Plaintiffs sue for oil spills
Africa • 11:05 PM
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In tonight's edition: Thousands of protesters in Nigeria and dozens in the UK turn out to protest against energy giant Shell at the start of a landmark case in London brought by communities whose livelihoods have been devastated by decades of oil spills.
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Africa and artificial intelligence: Tailoring AI to the continent's needs
Africa • 9:20 PM
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In this week's Across Africa: Tech innovators tailoring artificial intelligence to the continent's context head to Paris for a global summit on the tech's next steps. A parallel event spotlights the regional push to develop AI in Africa's own image. Dr S
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Wednesday, february 12, 2025
DR Congo: 14 South African troops killed by M23 in late January
Africa • 10:01 PM
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In tonight's edition: Regional tensions continue to rise as M23 rebels continue their advance through eastern DR Congo. Thousands of people have been killed since the Rwandan-backed rebels stepped up their offensive by capturing Goma in North Kivu. Kinsh
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France and Senegal in talks to arrange departure of French troops by end of 2025
Africa • 4:28 PM
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Dakar and Paris are setting up a joint commission to arrange the departure of French troops from Senegal's territory by the end of the year, the foreign ministers of both countries said in a joint statement Wednesday. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomay
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Surgical castration: Madagascar tackles child sexual abuse head-on
Africa • 10:58 AM
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In Madagascar, 673 rape cases involving minors were recorded in 2023. In January 2024 alone, at least 4 rapes were reported daily according to the Ministry of Justice ... figures that are likely underestimated. Madagascar is also one of the top 10 countr
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Tuesday, february 11, 2025
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AI and inequality: Women most likely to be affected in Africa, expert says
Africa • 4:17 PM
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Founding CEO of the Global Center on AI Governance Rachel Adams spoke to FRANCE 24 about how artificial intelligence could exacerbate inequality across Africa, with women likely to be the most affected. “One of the major routes of inequality is around pe
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Eastern and southern African leaders call for ceasefire in DR Congo
Africa • 9:23 AM
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Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also urged Congo's president to directly negotiate with them. Congolese Presi
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Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding father and ‘revolutionary hero’, dies aged 95
Africa • 5:51 AM
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Sam Nujoma, the fiery white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as his country's first president, died on Saturday aged 95.
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Saturday, february 8, 2025
South Africa condemns Trump 'propaganda' after US freezes aid
Africa • 3:23 PM
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South Africa on Saturday condemned as "propaganda" claims by US President Donald Trump that a new law would enable Pretoria to expropriate land from white farmers. Trump issued an order freezing aid to South Africa over a law which came into effect in Ja
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Trump cuts US aid to South Africa over land restitution law
Africa • 11:17 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows farm land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg's denials. The move spurred outcry from health researchers and medical wo
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Friday, february 7, 2025
UN warns of escalation in DR Congo conflict ahead of high stakes Tanzania summit
Africa • 10:10 PM
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Diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in DR Congo are getting underway this weekend in Tanzania. As the United Nations warned of regional escalation, the Congolese President is hoping for an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional withdrawal of M23 group
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UN Human Rights Council launches probe into abuses in eastern DR Congo
Africa • 4:33 PM
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The UN's top human rights body on Friday launched an investigation into alleged abuses during the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and adopted a resolution urging Rwanda-backed M23 soldiers to retreat immediately f
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Confronting a surge in femicides in Kenya
Africa • 3:54 PM
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The brutal murder of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei in September 2024 brought renewed global attention to a silent epidemic in Kenya: femicide and other forms of violence against women. With nearly 100 women murdered by men in just three months, 2024 w
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DR Congo: M23 rebels seek to march on Kinshasa
Africa • 9:51 AM
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In a stadium rally held in the recently captured city of Goma Thursday, M23 political leader Corneille Nangaa asserted that he wanted to march on DR Congo's capital – Kinshasa. Backed by neighbouring Rwanda, the M23 rebels continued advances elsewhere in
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'We want best for people of Tunisia': Birthplace of Arab Spring 'going in reverse into dictatorship'
Africa • 8:19 AM
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A judge in Tunisia handed down lengthy sentences to prominent politicians and at least one leading journalist in a move seen as targeting critics of autocratic strongman Kais Saied. Offering context and perspective on the fall of North Africa's nascent d
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'We're in an aggression situation: Rwanda invaded east DRC with no meaningful self-defence argument'
Africa • 12:08 AM
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The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's key city of Goma sought to shore up public support amid growing international pressure. As the M23 rebels continue their advance, ignoring the UN secretary-general's call to lay down their arms, FRANC
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Thursday, february 6, 2025
Wednesday, february 5, 2025
Rwandan FM contests Rwandan presence in DR Congo
Africa • 10:17 PM
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In tonight's edition: The M23 launches a new offensive in DR Congo's South Kivu, days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit. Meanwhile, the Rwandan foreign minister speaks to FRANCE 24 and contests UN reports of a
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M23’s unilateral ceasefire a 'ploy', DR Congo govt spokesman says
Africa • 7:47 PM
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After attacking the eastern DR Congo city of Goma last week, the M23 rebel group unilaterally decreed a humanitarian ceasefire that was supposed to have been in force since Tuesday. Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Wednesday denounced the
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Tuesday, february 4, 2025
Congolese abroad protest against DR Congo conflict
Africa • 9:38 PM
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In tonight's edition: International protests spring up in South Africa and Brussels as demonstrators call for the EU and the global community to do more to sanction those accused of enflaming the conflict in eastern DR Congo. Also this week, 42 mostly Ch
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Trump and South Africa: Doing Musk's bidding?
Africa • 7:11 PM
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One might assume that the new president of the United States has a pretty full in-tray. So at first glance, it was a bit of a surprise to hear Donald Trump lash out at South Africa, threatening to cut aid over its 2023 Employment Equity Act. There's obvi
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USAID $40bn budget frozen: Int'l aid from UN agencies, NGOs, public/private sector severely impacted
Africa • 1:42 PM
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President Donald Trump's overhaul of US foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch with some already having to lay off staff and others facing millions of dollars in
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M23 rebels declare unilateral ceasefire in DR Congo’s war-torn east
Africa • 12:11 AM
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The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a unilateral humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in the DR Congo's (DRC) perennially explosive east, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
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Monday, february 3, 2025
Rwanda, DR Congo leaders to join emergency summit
Africa • 9:38 PM
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In tonight's edition: As tensions continue to spiral over the rebel conflict in eastern DR Congo, the country's leader and his Rwandan counterpart, who's accused of pulling the strings of the M23 insurgents, agree to attend an emergency regional summit o
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Dozens killed as fierce fighting rages in south and west Sudan
Africa • 8:47 PM
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At least 65 people were killed and 130 wounded on Monday during clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in south and west Sudan, doctors said.
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'US driving South Africa and other Global South, non-aligned countries into the arms of China'
Africa • 6:50 PM
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is rejecting Donald Trump's assertions that South Africa was "confiscating" land and said he was ready to explain his government's land reform policy to his US counterpart. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on land
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Kenya's Sengwer community refuses to leave Embobut Forest
Africa • 10:57 AM
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Kenya's Sengwer community is one of the last to live in the Embobut Forest, in the North Rift Valley. But the government accuses this Indigenous people of damaging the forest and has asked them to leave. Hundreds of families have been forcibly evicted. T
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Sunday, february 2, 2025
Saturday, february 1, 2025
US conducts air strikes against Islamic State group in Somalia
Africa • 7:46 PM
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US President Donald Trump said he ordered military air strikes to root out Islamic State (IS) group operatives in Somalia on Saturday, in an operation supported by Somalia’s government.
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Sudanese paramilitary forces kill scores of civilians in attack on Khartoum market
Africa • 2:12 PM
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At least 54 people were killed and 158 wounded at a market place in greater Khartoum on Saturday in a strike by the Sudanese paramilitary, according to Sudan's health authorities. The Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a brutal conflict with the co
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Fighting stalls in eastern DR Congo following army offensive
Africa • 1:42 PM
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A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday after the army took back some ground, two civil society sources and a local official said. In Goma, life is slowly returning to norma
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Friday, january 31, 2025
DR Congo's army slows M23 rebels' southern march
Africa • 9:26 PM
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In tonight's edition: Calm returns to DR Congo's eastern city of Goma as M23 rebels advance south. Also, the Southern African Development Community holds a special meeting in Zimbabwe to discuss the situation in DR Congo. And in Kenya, it's time to fight
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Goma, Gaza, Sudan's 'turning point'?, Trump's frenetic week
Africa • 7:52 PM
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This week, conflict and crisis dominate the headlines. In DR Congo, M23 rebels appear to have seized the key city of Goma, forcing thousands to flee and reigniting tensions over Rwanda's alleged involvement. In Gaza, displaced civilians are finally retur
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Hundreds hospitalised as fighting in DR Congo intensifies
Africa • 9:41 AM
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Hundreds of wounded have been admitted to hospitals in Goma following days of intense clashes between Congolese forces and the Rwanda-backed armed group M23. The group's capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, is a dramatic escalatio
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As Moo Deng enjoys celebrity status, Ivory Coast seeks to protect endangered pygmy hippos
Africa • 12:21 AM
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He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy hippopotamus is on the brink of extinction. Of the 2,500 remaining sp
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Thursday, january 30, 2025
Diplomatic tensions rise over DR Congo conflict
Africa • 9:22 PM
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In tonight's edition: Rwandan President Paul Kagame strongly rejects criticism of his country's involvement in eastern DR Congo, where M23 rebels backed by Kigali appear to have taken control of much of the provincial capital Goma. Hospitals there are st
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M23 rebels aim to overthrow Kinshasa administration, researcher says, as UN warns of regional war
Africa • 8:30 PM
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FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Dr Alex Vines, head of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, about the M23 offensive in eastern DR Congo. He says that the ambitions of the Rwanda-backed M23 differ now from their aims back in 2012, when they first se
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M23 rebels try to expand control in DR Congo
Africa • 8:10 PM
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In tonight's edition: The M23 militia has advanced on a new front in eastern DR Congo, seizing two districts in South Kivu province. The Rwandan-backed rebel group reportedly faces little resistance. Meanwhile, East African leaders have called for an imm
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