Burkina Faso is ramping up recruitment to the army to try and better counter an ongoing insurgency. The pushback has been a struggle, just last week dozens of troops were killed in an extremist ambush. Our regional...
Ghana opens first commercial gold refinery • FRANCE 24 English
Ghana has opened its first commercial gold refinery. The country is the continent’s top gold producer and the government has a 20% stake in the project in Accra. The country is hoping to earn more from the...
More than 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since conflict began as ceasefire talks resume
More than 40 thousand Palestinians have been killed since Israel’s military offensive into Gaza began on 7 October, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. It comes as a new round of ceasefire talks...
World Health Organization declares mpox a global health emergency • FRANCE 24 English
The World Health Organization on Wednesday (August 14) declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation. #WHO #Africa #Mpox 🔔 Subscribe...
North Korea to reopen for tourism after five years | BBC News
North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic. At least two China-based tour operators have announced that tourists will soon be...
Gaza cease-fire talks: Israel set to attend while Hamas will be absent | DW News
Negotiations over a plan to end the war in Gaza are scheduled to start in Qatar today. The region is on edge as Israel awaits retaliation from Iran, which blames it for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail...
Special edition: France commemorates 80-year anniversary of Provence landings • FRANCE 24 English
France is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Allied landings in Provence on Thursday (August 15), with six African leaders taking part in the official events to highlight the major role played by African...