Africa
27 Dec
Several people were killed and many more are missing in eastern Congo after a landslide hit a cabin where a group of miners was sheltering, sweeping it into a river.
26 Dec
UN peacekeeping forces have had minimal success in 2023. In the DR Congo, they clashed with civilians and were forced to pull out from there. That is not the only African country they're leaving either.
26 Dec
PTSD: Healing after Nigeria's EndSARS protests
26 Dec
If you are a little girl growing up in Malawi, the UN estimates there is an almost 50 percent chance that you will be married before you reach the age of 18. There is even an almost 10 percent chance that you will be married by the time you turn 15. Underage marriage is a serious problem that takes children out of education for a life they have not chosen.
25 Dec
When Awatef Adam, a 43-year-old mother of seven, fled from a weeks-long massacre in the Sudanese city of El Geneina to Chad in mid-June, she feared Arab militiamen were targeting Masalit males. This report contains graphic violent references.
23 Dec
Poll are set to open this Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tens of thousands of observers will be monitoring the electoral process.
23 Dec
The ICRC said the attack killed two people and injured seven others. The Sudanese army said the convoy violated an agreement by approaching its defensive positions.
23 Dec
Benin's forests have long been seen as places of hope for believers of the voodoo religion, but urbanisation threatens the green spaces. Also, Ivory Coast's ghost children are invisible to the state. The number of babies whose births are undeclared are on the rise.
23 Dec
There is increased focus on education at the COP28 climate talks amidst growing acknowledgement of the importance of the sector in responding to the uncertainty and displacement caused by climate change. FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith speaks to Yasmine Sherif, the head of the Education Cannot Wait fund, as she sets out the stakes from the crucial talks in Dubai.
22 Dec
The stakes are as high as the wait is long in CongoVoting rolled over for an unscheduled second day in a sprawling, often unruly Central African nation that’s picking a president, national, regional and municipal lawmakers. The logistics are challenging, the politics are rough in a resources-rich nation that’s dogged by poverty, corruption and decades of insurgencies in the east.
22 Dec
Voting has taken place for an unscheduled second day in some areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Long delays and logistical problems on Wednesday saw some polling stations across the vast country unable to open at all.
22 Dec
The Catholic Church has shown that it wants to welcome everyone, irrespective of their sexuality. However, the pope's latest move has sparked confusion in Africa — and left the LGBTQ+ community wanting more.