Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The Ethiopian at the heart of the coronavirus fight
Image copyright AFP What a challenge to be the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the time of…
Midifielder Victor Wanyama joins the Impact as Designated Player
The Kenyan national team captain has appeared in more than 150 Premier League games MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced…
Coronavirus: South Africa’s economic victims
The spread of corona virus around the world is massively damaging business. With so many countries relying on exports to…
Why are Kenyan pupils not getting enough sleep?
Kenyan pupils, some as young as five, are getting less and less sleep because they are being required to be…
Suspected illegal migrants found in container at Hull dock
Image copyright Rudi Winter/Geograph Image caption The group of seven men, two women and a child arrived at the port…
South Africa slips into recession
Issued on: 03/03/2020 – 23:39Modified: 03/03/2020 – 23:39 In tonight’s edition: South Africa slips into recession for the second time…
Dozens of HIV positive women forcibly sterilized in South Africa
Issued on: 02/03/2020 – 23:07Modified: 02/03/2020 – 23:07 In tonight’s edition: At least 50 people are killed in a brutal…
‘Major crisis in Burkina Faso worsening exponentially day by day’
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 14:18Modified: 28/02/2020 – 14:18 Filippo Grandi © FRANCE 24 Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for…
Coronavirus outbreak: Nigeria reports first case in sub-Saharan Africa
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 23:16Modified: 28/02/2020 – 23:16 Nigeria has reported the first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. The…
Five soldiers killed in checkpoint attack in central Mali
Issued on: 02/03/2020 – 15:24Modified: 02/03/2020 – 15:25 Five Malian soldiers were killed when militants armed with rocket launchers attacked…
With only three official cases, Africa’s low coronavirus rate puzzles health experts
Whether it’s a matter of faulty detection, climatic factors or simple fluke, the remarkably low rate of coronavirus infection in…
Guinea referendum delayed for two weeks amid protests
Issued on: 01/03/2020 – 09:36Modified: 01/03/2020 – 09:36 Guinea’s opposition on Saturday called for the cancellation of a referendum on…
Guinea delays controversial referendum
Issued on: 29/02/2020 – 09:48Modified: 29/02/2020 – 09:48 Guinea’s President Alpha Conde announced a “slight postponement” of Sunday’s referendum on…
Cameroon’s ruling party retains absolute majority after contentious election
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 16:24Modified: 28/02/2020 – 16:26 President Paul Biya’s party has retained an absolute majority in Cameroon’s parliament,…
Is Guinea’s Alpha Condé headed for a third mandate?
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 16:09Modified: 28/02/2020 – 16:10 FOCUS GUINEA ELECTIONS © FRANCE 24 On Sunday March 1st, some 8…
Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in sub Saharan Africa
The man works in Nigeria and had returned from Milan to Lagos on February 25, the ministry said. “The patient…
France summons Mali envoy in dispute over ‘false’ remarks about soldiers
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 11:17Modified: 28/02/2020 – 11:18 France on Thursday summoned Mali’s ambassador after dismissing as “false” and “unacceptable”…
Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in Sub-Saharan Africa
Issued on: 28/02/2020 – 04:21Modified: 28/02/2020 – 04:21 Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus…
Kenya bans slaughterhouses following a rise in theft of donkeys
The ban is necessary because rampant slaughtering of donkeys has led to job loss in places where they are a…
More than a quarter of domestic workers in Ivory Coasr are victims of violence
Issued on: 27/02/2020 – 22:28Modified: 27/02/2020 – 22:28 In tonight’s edition:Tunisia finally has a new govnemrnt. Thirty ministers and two…