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To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we speak to Alice Nkom. She became Cameroon’s first female lawyer in her early 20s and now at 76 is one of the few people defending the rights of homosexuals and transgender people there. Despite death threats, she is still …

L’ancien président d’Afrique du Sud, Jacob Zuma, comparaît devant la justice, lundi, à Pietermaritzburg pour des accusations de corruption en marge d’un contrat d’armements de près de 3 milliards d’euros, conclu par le géant français Thales. L’ancien chef d’État est soupçonné d’avoir empoché 235 000 euros de pots de vin en …

La liberté de la presse a été mise à mal par la pandémie de Covid-19 en 2020 en Afrique, selon Cartooning for Peace et Reporters sans frontières, avec une forte recrudescence des exactions à l’encontre des journalistes.

Former South African president Jacob Zuma goes back on trial on Monday, facing corruption, racketeering and money laundering charges linked to an arms deal with the French defence firm Thales, which will be joining him in the dock. Zuma, now 79, is accused of accepting the equivalent of some €218,000 …

Après plus d’un an de fermeture liée à la pandémie de Covid-19, l’Algérie va rouvrir partiellement ses frontières « dès début juin », a annoncé dimanche la présidence dans un communiqué.

Leaders from more than a dozen African countries will attend a summit in Paris from Monday to discuss their financial needs after the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of the gathering, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has told FRANCE 24 the international community must step up efforts to ensure a …

Sudan’s army said Saturday it had handed prosecutors the results of a probe into the 2019 killing of protesters in Khartoum, after hundreds rallied this week calling for justice.

Les élections législatives éthiopiennes, prévues le 5 juin, sont reportées en raison de difficultés logistiques croissantes, a annoncé, samedi, la Commission électorale sans fixer de nouvelle date.

The head of Ethiopia’s election board said Saturday it would be impossible to hold a planned June 5 vote due to mounting logistical issues and postponed it without giving a new date.

Thirty people were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday after a one-day trial for their role in anti-police violence marking the end of Ramadan in the capital, judicial sources said.