Emmanuel Macron a affiché une fermeté à l’égard des putschistes le 28 août dans son discours aux ambassadeurs et ambassadrices. L’ambassadeur de France au Niger reste en place malgré la pression de la junte. Le chef de l’Etat français a dénoncé une épidémie de putsch au Sahel. Le coup d’Etat …

At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed for the killings, violence and rights abuses to end.

The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr tells us more …

Coastal erosion is picking up pace in Ivory coast. More than a third of the country’s coastline is vulnerable the ravages of the rising sea. From Fishermen or to hoteliers, the affect are reshaping the econmics of whole communtiites with the poor and tourism dependant most at risk. FRANCE 24’s …

Kenya’s just a week away from holding the first ever Africa clmimate summit. The region’s facing some of the most severe effects from the climate emergency, a conservatively estimated 4000 people were killed and around 20 million were affected by extreme events there last year alone. Some concerned about the …

Some 13 thousand UN soldiers are in the process of being pulled out of Mali. In a letter briefing the UN Security Council on the withdrawl, UN chief Antonio Gutteresh called the six-month process unprecedented. Mali has been in turmoil since a first military coup over a decade ago, which …

Le chef de l’armée soudanaise, le général Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, est arrivé mardi dans la ville côtière égyptienne d’El Alamein pour rencontrer le président Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. C’est la première fois que le général quitte le Soudan depuis le début du conflit avec les paramilitaires des Forces de soutien rapide …

In tonight’s edition: France says it will not budge in its refusal to engage with Niger’s coup leaders. A month after their takeover, they issued a Monday deadline to the French ambassador to leave their country, but Paris has insisted its envoy will stay put. Also, Africa sets its own stage in …

L’ambassadeur français va rester au Niger malgré la fin de l’ultimatum de 48 heures donné par les putschistes, a déclaré lundi Emmanuel Macron, qui ouvrait la 29e édition de la conférence des ambassadrices et des ambassadeurs.

Sudan’s military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday dashed hopes of talks to end a months-long war, denouncing the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as « traitors » and promising a decisive victory in a speech to soldiers.