More than 120 million pints of no and low-alcohol beers were drunk in 2023, and sales could rise by a further 20 million by the end of 2024, according to the British Beer and Pub Association. Over a third of adults say...
2024 in Rwanda: Paul Kagame’s hold on the country • FRANCE 24 English
The year 2024 has been a defining one for Rwanda. It marked major genocide commemorations and general elections that secured Paul Kagame another five years in office, after his already 24-year-long presidency. Rwanda is...
Senegal minister calls riflemen ‘traitors’, sparking controversy over revisionist take on history
In Senegal, the Cheikh Oumar Diagne controversy is heating up. A few days ago, in an interview, the Minister in charge of General Resources at the Office of the President of the Republic described the Senegalese...
Families of and missing people protest in Syria
Around 150,000 people in Syria are missing after the Assad regime was toppled. Most of those unaccounted for were kidnapped or detained by the regime, according to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)...
New Syria struggles against remnants of Assad’s regime
Syria’s new leaders have ordered a military operation against remnants of the Assad regime. The administration says two dozen members of the new Syrian police force were killed in the coastal province of Tartus...
Israel launches air strikes on Sanaa airport and Hudaida
A wave of Israeli air strikes have hit the main airport in Yemen’s capital and a key port on the Red Sea. The UN has described the attacks as ‘alarming’, and warned they could have a serious effect on...
An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence • FRANCE 24
Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the...