AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar4 hours ago3 French diplomats expel over alleged subversive activities in Burkina FasoFrance 24 - Georja Calvin-Smith , Elom TOBLEThree french diplomats were given 48 hours to leave Burkina faso on Thursday after having been declared persona non grata by the ruling junta. The trio have been accused of subversive activities, allegations that Paris denies... Relations between the two countries have been unravelling since 2022 …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar7 hours agoHelicopter crash in Kenya kills defence chief and nine senior officers, says presidentFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESKenya's defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said. "Today at 2:20 pm, our nation suffered a tragic air accident... I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of General Francis Omondi Ogolla, …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar11 hours agoSenegal's Faye makes first foreign visit as president to MauritaniaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSenegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday visited neighbouring Mauritania on his first official trip abroad since his election at the end of March, the two presidencies said. Faye arrived in the capital Nouakchott late morning, according to an AFP journalist. The 44-year-old leader …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar16 hours agoBurkina Faso expels three French diplomats accused of 'subversive activities'France 24 - FRANCE 24 , FRANCE 24Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities", according to a foreign ministry note seen by FRANCE 24 on Thursday. The three were declared "persona non grata" and told to leave the country within 48 hours, the foreign ministry said in a note dated Tuesday that was sent …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar20 hours ago'Human-induced' climate change caused deadly Sahel heatwave, says studyFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without "human-induced" climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoDozen killed in Darfur town as war in Sudan spreadsFrance 24 - Justice BAIDOO , Olivia BIZOT , Georja Calvin-SmithIn tonight's edition: More than two dozen people are reported killed in El Fasher, the last major city in Dafur not controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. The fighting sends hundreds fleeing for safety. Also, Kenyan doctors push into their fifth week of strikes. A court orders medics and the …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar1 day agoHundreds of Kenya doctors protest in support of strike over working conditionsFrance 24 - FRANCE 24 , FRANCE 24Hundreds of hospital doctors joined a demonstration in the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday as a nationwide strike by medics neared its fourth week. Members of the 7,000-strong Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) have been on strike since March 13 to …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoUN's Libya envoy Bathily resigns citing stalled political progressFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe UN's special envoy for Libya said Tuesday he had tendered his resignation, saying the world body could not successfully support the country's political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution. "I tendered my resignation to the Secretary General," Senegalese …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoUN secures over $600 million to tackle Ethiopia's 'critical' humanitarian crisisFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESCountries on Tuesday pledged more than $610 million to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid and a dire food crisis is deepening. The donor conference at the United Nations' European headquarters had sought to raise significant pledges …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoSenegal announces record cocaine seizureFrance 24 - Olivia BIZOT , Georja Calvin-Smith , Sam BRADPIECEIn tonight's edition: Senegal announces a record seizure of cocaine; the most ever intercepted on land by authorities. Over a ton of the illicit drug was confiscated from a truck near the border with Mali. Also, as Sudan continues its destructive descent into war, the second year of the conflict …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days ago‘Humanitarian aid in Sudan is constantly being blocked by all the belligerents’France 24 - Cyrielle CABOTWith the international community having pledged more than €2 billion in funding for Sudan at a humanitarian conference in Paris on Monday, Norwegian Refugee Council Sudan Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu breaks down the worsening humanitarian crisis in a country devastated by a year of brutal …
AvatarFrance 24AvatarAvatar2 days agoSituation in Sudan 'probably the most disastrous in the world', says former PM HamdokFrance 24 - Marc PerelmanFRANCE 24 spoke to Abdalla Hamdok, who served as Sudan's prime minister twice after the fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. As the war in his country entered its second year, the former premier described the situation as "extremely catastrophic, probably the most serious, disastrous situation in the …