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A Boeing 737 carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal’s main airport, injuring 10 people including the pilot, the country’s transport minister said Thursday. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent at Dakar, Senegal, Sam Bradpiece.

Kenya’s public hospital doctors union on Wednesday signed a return to work agreement with the government, ending a national strike that began in mid-March and had left patients in limbo. More information with FRANCE 24 correpondent at Nairobi, Kenya, Olivia Bizot.

Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week’s presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. Story by Charlotte Hughes and Alexandre Guin.

A leading rights group said on Thursday that attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces and their allied militias, which killed thousands in the western region of Darfur last year, constituted a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the area’s non-Arab population. For more information, Georja Calvin-Smith interviews Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, senior researcher, Human …

Des dizaines de milliers de personnes, qualifiées de « retournés » par l’OIM et de « maudits » par la société ivoirienne, errent dans les rues d’Abidjan et d’autres grandes villes de la Côte d’Ivoire. Ayant fui leur pays dans l’espoir d’une vie meilleure en Europe, ces anciens migrants sont désormais confrontés à la …

« C’est un scrutin à un seul tour qui s’annonce » (sans recours ni irrégularités constatées), estime Ghislaine Allahtaroum, correspondante pour France 24. Le général Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno a remporté la présidentielle de lundi avec 61,03 % des suffrages, selon les résultats officiels provisoires de la commission électorale jeudi.

Chad’s state election body said on Thursday interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 60 percent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner.

Motorists in Nigeria face huge queues at petrol stations across major cities as frustration grows over the multiheaded crises dragging on the country’s economy. Also, known locally as the Mendzang, the xylophone has a small but dedicated following in Cameroon. And we head out on the road with the roaming …

Northern Nigerian communities who have lost faith in struggling security forces ability to protect them are increasingly setting up vigilante groups to battle insurgents themselves. Also, rap is gaining ground in Egypt and although the scene is still overwhelmingly dominated by men, women are increasingly picking up the mic. And Kenya’s …

In tonight’s edition, in a harrowing investigation, Human Rights Watch has collected stories of survivors in Darfur who faced systematic execution, persecution and abuse by the RSF.