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Lagos meets Paris. From May 7 to 11, The NollywoodWeek Film Festival is back in the French capital for its 2025 edition. This year, the festival is under the patronage of acclaimed actress and activist Aïssa Maïga. She joins our programme to talk about the festival’s programme and the ongoing …
Read More »Reporter sans frontières regrette la dépendance accrue aux gouvernements et annonceurs en Afrique
Reporters Sans Frontières a publié ce vendredi son classement annuel sur la liberté de la presse dans le monde et en Afrique. La dégradation des conditions des journalistes dans les pays en guerre a été pointée comme au Soudan, en RDC, au Mali ou encore au Burkina Faso. RSF note …
Read More »Wagner: Russian Goldmining in CAR bypasses international sanctions and funds mercenary expansion
Several African nations, including Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR), have turned to the Russian private military company Wagner for security support. In return, Wagner gains access to lucrative resources—rare minerals, precious metals, and gems like gold and diamonds—while also helping Russia circumvent international sanctions. For a closer look …
Read More »Levée des sanctions contre le Gabon, le Maroc regarde vers le Sahel et du cyclisme : l’hebdo Afrique
Rwanda showcases reintegration centres for former FDLR militiamen
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have committed to drafting a peace agreement by May 2. But trust remains fragile. Militia groups who have been operating in the region are at the roots of some of that strain. Kigali continues to view the FDLR, the Democratic Forces for the …
Read More »UN: ‘Sudan horror knows no bounds’, as civilians trapped in dire conditions
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shelled the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday in their second bombardment of the capital in less than a week. For more information, FRANCE 24’s Georja Calvin-Smith interviewed Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director.
Read More »Kenyan opposition MP is killed in ‘targeted and premeditated’ shooting
A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead in the capital Nairobi in what police have described as a “targeted and premeditated” crime. MP Charles Were was shot after his car stopped at a roundabout on a busy major road. Story by Clarisse Fortuné.
Read More »La liberté de la presse en danger ? Analyse de Blanche Marès
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) publie aujourd’hui son rapport annuel sur la liberté de la presse, lequel révèle un recul spectaculaire de la liberté de la presse à l’échelle mondiale. Cette année, les États-Unis occupent la 57e place sur 180 pays dans le classement mondial de la liberté de la presse …
Read More »L’instant + : en Côte d’Ivoire, l’école se fait aussi en langue dioula
Avec sa soixantaine de langues parlées, la Côte d’Ivoire possède l’une des plus grandes richesses linguistiques au monde, même si depuis la colonisation, l’enseignement s’y est toujours fait en français. Le gouvernement veut désormais étendre son programme d’enseignement en langue dioula. Reportage dans une école de Diénédian.
Read More »Rwanda showcases reintegration camp for former FDLR fighters
In tonight’s edition: The UN estimates that 542 people have been killed in North Darfur in just 10 days. Also, Kenyan opposition MP Charles Ong’ondo Were is shot dead in the streets of Nairobi. And our correspondent takes a rare look around a Rwandan rehabilitation site for former militiamen.
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