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Two weeks away from the elections in South Africa, the two main rivals the Cape Province, Nelson Mendela’s ANC and the DA (Democratic Alliance), could be outdone by a kingmaker. The Patriotic Alliance, a populist party in favor of the death penalty and the deportation of immigrants. Its leader Gayton McKenzie, …

The Kenyan government published its annual Finance Bill on Saturday – it wants to raise an additional 2.2 billion euros in taxes in the financial year that starts in July. The tax hikes are part of a series of financial measures introduced by President William Ruto to fund its extensive …

More than 200,000 people have been affected by the bad weather that has hit Burundi since September 2023. The local authorities are calling for international aid to cope with the disastrous consequences of the heavy rains. Story by Sophie Lamotte.

Final straight in the trial of former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara and ten other former military and government officials in Guinea. At the opening of closing arguments on Monday, lawyers for the victims of the stadium massacre in mid-September 2009 called for the charges against the 11 defendants to be …

Tunisian lawyers protested and launched a nationwide strike on Monday over the arrest of a lawyer and political commentator in a weekend police raid. Story by James Vasina.

Tunisian police stormed the bar association’s headquarters for the second time in two days and arrested a lawyer, witnesses said on Monday, after detaining two journalists as well as another lawyer critical of the president over the weekend. Story by James Vasina.

Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen returns to the witness stand on Tuesday for what is expected to be a tough grilling by the ex-president’s lawyers at his historic hush money trial. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in New York, Jessica Le Masurier.

Le secrétaire général de l’ONU, Antonio Guterres, est « très inquiet » concernant les combats qui ont lieu depuis quelques jours entre l’armée soudanaise et les paramilitaires à El-Facher, au Darfour, a indiqué lundi un de ses porte-parole.

Le leader de La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, va entamer mardi une visite au Sénégal, accompagné d’une délégation, à l’invitation du parti du nouveau Premier ministre. Une visite dont l’objectif est de consolider les liens entre le Pastef et la gauche radicale française qui a ardemment soutenu le camp d’Ousmane …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is « gravely concerned » by fighting in recent days between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, a spokesman said Monday.