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Plus de 7 millions d’électeurs se sont rendus aux urnes au Sénégal. Un vote calme dans l’ensemble, c’est ce qui se ressort des législatives anticipées au Sénégal. Le Pastef est à la recherche de la majorité absolue pour dit-il pouvoir gouverner et installer leur politique et tenir leur promesses qui …

In Senegal, politicians’ sartorial choices are spreading to the streets of Dakar and beyond. A trend that has been going viral in recent weeks and made news headlines, it’s a trend called “tradi-modern,” worn by the President and Prime Minister, that more and more Senagalese younger generations are wearing. FRANCE …

Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election that is set to determine whether the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar, Caitlin Kelly.

Months after Bassirou Diomaye Faye won Senegal’s March 2024 presidential election, voters in the West African nation are casting their ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections that could decide if the new president has a legislative majority to push through ambitious reforms.

Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation. Details by Yinka Oyetade.

Senegal on Sunday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago. Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar, Caitlin Kelly.

Les Sénégalais ont commencé dimanche à élire leurs députés, les dirigeants visant la majorité la plus large possible pour appliquer l’agenda de rupture et de justice sociale avec lequel ils ont été portés au pouvoir il y a huit mois.

Pour ou contre une nouvelle constitution? C’est la question à laquelle, les électeurs gabonais étaient invités à répondre ce samedi. Durant les dix jours de campagne, le texte  a fait l’objet de vives polémiques. Parmi les  dispositions qui divisent le gouvernement et les opposants à la nouvelle loi fondamentale, le …

In South Africa, hundreds of illegal miners remain underground at an abandoned goldmine. The gouverment has rejected calls for the miners to be allowed to leave the deep shaft underground without being arrested. Volunteer rescue workers have been calling for an end to the police operation, arguing their lives are …

Renee Bissohong, lives in the UK where she witnessed a young Black girl’s disappointment with her own appearance, and decided to act. She created a line of dolls celebrating African beauty, with the mission of empowering the next generation. The creator of ‘The Nubian Princesses’ joined FRANCE 24’s Clarisse Fortuné …