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In #Gabès, #Tunisia, protests have erupted demanding the shutdown of a toxic #factory polluting the environment and threatening the #health of local residents. Under mounting pressure, President Kaïs #Saied has dispatched a team to the site to try to clean up the phosphatic fertiliser production facility.

Kenya grieves the death of former premier Raila Odinga, a major political figure who spent most of his life in the opposition. While the country waits for state funerals to be organised, FRANCE 24’s Bastien Renouil asked on October 15, 2025 locals living in Odinga’s stronghold, a slum in Nairobi, …

Madagascar’s new military ruler Michael Randrianirina said on October 15, 2025 he would soon be sworn in as president of the transition, after leading a coup against President Andry Rajoelina. Meanwhile calm largely returned to the capital, which had been rocked by weeks of protests against the ousted president.

He is set to become Madagascar’s new president after mass protests led to the toppling of Andry Rajoelina. But who is the colonel Michael Randrianirina, who has become the face of the country’s latest power grab? He has vowed to ‘quickly’ appoint a new civilian prime minister and to hold …

À #Gabès, en #Tunisie, des #manifestations ont éclaté pour exiger la fermeture d’une #usine #toxique qui pollue l’environnement et met en danger la #santé des habitants. Face à la pression, le président Kaïs #Saied a envoyé une équipe sur place pour tenter de nettoyer ce site de production d’engrais phosphatés.

Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga passed on October 15, 2025, aged 80. As the country grieves its loss,FRANCE 24’s former Nairobi correspondent Olivia Bizot tells us more on Raila Odinga’s lasting political impact in the country, and what his passing could mean for Kenyan politics.

Several thousand people in the city of Gabes in southern Tunisia called for for the closure of an ageing phosphate processing plant run by the Tunisian Chemical Group, which local residents say is responsible for a host of poisonings and other health issues, including scores of hospitalisations in recent weeks. 

Madagascar has entered a volatile new chapter of political upheaval and uncertainty. After weeks of Gen Z–led protests over poverty, corruption, lack of access to education, and chronic power and water shortages, the elite CAPSAT military unit defected, toppling President Andry Rajoelina’s government to the cheers of youthful demonstrators. Parliament, …

Plusieurs milliers d’habitants de Gabès, dans le sud de la Tunisie, ont manifesté mercredi pour réclamer la fermeture d’un complexe chimique après des dizaines de cas d’intoxication ces dernières semaines. France 24 a rencontré des familles de victimes.

A long-awaited report on the World War II-era Thiaroye massacre will be submitted to the Senegalese presidency on Thursday, aiming to shed light on the colonial killing of dozens of African troops protesting over pay delays. French officials at the time said 35 people were killed – but historians say the …