The first vaccines were given to hospital staff on Saturday and more will be made available to members of the public who are most at risk on Monday, the health minister said. As Democratic Republic of Congo attempts to curb a deadly mpox epidemic, the country is still waiting for millions …

Avec quelques jours de retard, la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a lancé officiellement samedi sa campagne de vaccination pour tenter d’enrayer la propagation du mpox dans ce pays d’Afrique centrale, principal foyer de diffusion du virus.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to withdraw from ECOWAS was a setback, and the security …

In tonight’s edition, At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday. Also, Kinshasa will begin a vaccination campaign on Saturday, three days later than planned. And The Zimbabwean government will this month pay an initial $20 million to foreign white and local Black …

Mauritius says the UK’s handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago’s colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain’s last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 and up to 2,000 Chagossians were expelled to make way …

A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have …

Hundreds of Tunisians protested in the capital Friday against President Kais Saied, two days before a presidential election which demonstrators claim is not legitimate. Since coming to power in 2021, most of Saied’s major critics, including a candidate in Sunday’s vote, have been jailed amid a crackdown on dissent. 

A skeleton billed as being the oldest complete human remains ever found is at the heart of Kenya’s latest tourism campaign. « Turkana Boy » is a symbol of the country’s positioning as the cradle of humanity. But people living near the site where the archaeological treasure was found say they feel …

Ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election scheduled for October 6, many Tunisians are taking stock of the past five years under the presidency of Kais Saied. The country remains divided between his long-term supporters, and opponents who say the regime is repressive. Our reporters Lilia Blaise and Hamdi Tlili went to …