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In tonight’s edition, Nigerian police clash with crowds angry about the way that hundreds of homes have been demolished in the Makoko floating village. Also, Kigali is suing the UK for the 100 million pounds due as part of an agreement with the former British government for the African nation to  take …

À Lagos, la capitale économique du Nigeria, la police a tiré des gaz lacrymogènes pour disperser des manifestants en colère après la démolition de logements dans des quartiers informels, notamment le quartier flottant de Makoko. Les habitants déplacés accusent les autorités d’évictions massives sans compensation ni relogement.

Housseini Amion Guindo, ancien ministre et vice-président de l’Assemblée nationale malienne, a expliqué à France 24 pourquoi il a rejoint la coalition menée par l’imam Mahmoud Dicko, qui vit en exil en Algérie. Il « donne la garantie d’un retour au multipartisme et à la démocratie », affirme-t-il, qualifiant la junte au pouvoir « de …

In tonight’s edition, the families of Kenyans fighting for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine are demanding that their loved ones be brought back home. Also, white farmers in Zimbabwe hire a US lobbying firm as they court President Donald Trump’s help in chasing their government for billions of dollars in …

C’est une disparition qui a profondément choqué au Sénégal : l’actrice Halima Gadji est décédée à l’âge de 36 ans des suite d’un malaise. Révélée au grand public en 2019 par son rôle de Marième Dial dans la série à succès “Maîtresse d’un homme marié”, Halima Gadji a incarné des …

Du Kenya au Maroc en passant par le Botswana, l’influenceur afro-américain IShowSpeed a drainé pendant un mois les foules dans vingt pays africains. À 21 ans, il comptabilise déjà 50 millions d’abonnés sur YouTube, qui ont pu découvrir à travers son périple une Afrique jeune et dynamique.

Uganda remains in the grip of severe political tensions following the recent election, with reports of around 800 arrests nationwide. Security forces have also been accused of killing people and carrying out abductions. The opposition leader has condemned the government’s actions, accusing the authorities of spreading fear to silence dissent. …

The conflict in South Sudan seems to have flared up again. A peace agreement signed in 2018 had brought a period of relative stability, but that progress is now falling apart. Fighting has erupted in the Jonglei region, north of the capital, and the army has deployed troops to prevent …

It has been one year since the AFC/M23 rebels seized control of Goma, which was then the provincial capital of North Kivu. This marks the first time the city has remained under rebel rule for such an extended period. While daily life has resumed, some residents report a growing climate …

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s military chief, has denied accusations that soldiers had been sent to the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine to beat his wife. Wine has been in hiding since disputing the outcome of the mid-January elections that returned President Yoweri Museveni to power for a seventh term. Kainerugaba …