Issued on: 09/12/2019 – 18:01Modified: 09/12/2019 – 18:01 FRANCE 24 brings you an exclusive documentary filmed in war-torn Libya by Catherine Norris Trent, Julie Dungelhoeff and Abdallah Malkawi. This special report takes you to the front lines of the conflict and to the heart of the huge

Issued on: 07/12/2019 – 07:40Modified: 07/12/2019 – 07:40 A vast crowd rallied in Algiers on the final Friday before a contentious presidential election as five of the candidates pariticipated in the country's first-ever televised election debate. Advertising Read more It is a crucial time for Algeria after nationwide pro-democracy protests forced ailing

Issued on: 07/12/2019 – 16:26Modified: 07/12/2019 – 16:26 Comedians from across French-speaking Africa are at the Palace of Culture in Abidjan this weekend for the fifth-annual Festival of Laughter, an event that aims to promote stand-up comedy on the continent. Advertising Read more This weekend, Abidjan is Africas “Capital of Laughter” — or at least, thats the

Kinshasa, 5 December 2019 – Around 2.2 million children are to be vaccinated against measles in Nort..

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Issued on: 06/12/2019 – 22:32Modified: 06/12/2019 – 22:32 Tonight we take you to Algeria where the country's first ever presidential debate is being overshadowed by hundreds of thousands of protestors demanding the elections be scrapped. We also have the latest on the building collapse in Nairobi that has killed a handful of people, and we meet the nomadic Fulani

Issued on: 06/12/2019 – 19:24Modified: 06/12/2019 – 19:25 A British judge on Friday dismissed torture charges against the ex-wife of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor, relating to the west African countrys bitter civil war. Advertising Read more Agnes Taylor, 54, had denied accusations of being involved in the torture of a child and conspiring to use

Issued on: 06/12/2019 – 14:56Modified: 06/12/2019 – 14:56 Algeria braced for fresh demonstrations Friday, the last in a series of weekly marches before a December 12 presidential election opposed by a protest movement that fears the vote will cement the hold on power of politicians close to the old guard. Advertising Read more Voters called to the polls next

Issued on: 05/12/2019 – 11:35Modified: 05/12/2019 – 11:35 Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria, an official with the ships operator said on Thursday. Advertising Read more The loaded vessel was attacked 77 nautical miles off Bonny island late on Dec. 3 and the crew – 18 Indians and one Turk – were seized, the official

Issued on: 05/12/2019 – 09:52Modified: 05/12/2019 – 09:52 Rwanda signed a deal on Wednesday with French football club Paris St Germain to promote tourism in the east African nation, its second such agreement since last year. Advertising Read more “We invest part of our tourism revenues in strategic collaborations such as the one with Paris St Germain because we