US-Cuba relations have often been rocky, but they’ve now taken a turn for the worse. The US has issued a criminal indictment against Cuba’s former President Raul Castro and five others in what’s...
Verdict due in Rio-Paris plane crash appeals case • FRANCE 24 English
A Paris appeals court will issue a verdict on Thursday on the 2009 crash of an Air France passenger jet after the airline and planemaker Airbus faced trial over corporate manslaughter. Relatives of some of the 228...
Trump escalates pressure on Cuba as US charges Raul Castro with murder • FRANCE 24 English
The United States announced murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against the island’s communist government. The...
Massive meth lab bust in Nigeria | DW News
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) released footage it says shows the raid of the largest drug laboratory ever discovered in the country. Officials said three Mexican nationals were detained...
Uganda heightens precautions as Ebola cases surge in DRC
As the DRC battles a rare, fast-spreading strain of the Ebola virus, neighbouring Uganda says it trusts its healthcare workers and public support to contain the fatal disease. Darren Allan Kyeyune reports from Kampala.
France marks 25 years since landmark slavery law • FRANCE 24 English
Thursday marks the 25th anniversary of France’s Taubira law, which recongnised slavery as a crime against humanity for the first time. Now, MPs are moving to extend the provisions by also repealing the “black code”:...