Kenya and France signed 11 bilateral agreements including a nuclear energy plant deal at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. President Macron framed Africa as a partner, not a market.
Across West Africa, from Accra to Lagos, from Lomé to Ouagadougou, tens of thousands of people are trapped in addiction to synthetic opioids whose supply chain runs through India, through West African ports, and into the hands of vulnerable communities with disturbingly little international attention. France 24’s investigation in early May 2026 confirmed that over
At least 50 people are dead after Al-Qaeda-linked militants carried out coordinated attacks on two villages in central Mali, the deadliest single incident in the country’s insurgency in months.
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Niger suspended nine French media organizations including France 24 and RFI.
Niger Military Junta Suspends Nine French Media Outlets in Escalating Crackdown Read More »
More than 30 people have been killed in coordinated attacks on villages in Mali central Mopti region, local officials confirmed on May 7, 2026.
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\n Since the October 2025 coup that brought a transitional president to power in Antananarivo, Madagascar has been drawing steadily deeper into Moscow\u2019s security orbit. Russian military equipment has flowed into the island at an unprecedented pace, and Russia Africa Corps \u2014 the rebranded successor to the Wagner mercenary network \u2014 has deployed instructors across
\n At least 35 people died in coordinated attacks on the villages of Korikori and Gomossogou in central Mali, local sources confirmed, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence to hit the region this year. The assaults, blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked Jama\u2019at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), came as Mali\u2019s ruling military junta confronted a
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Farmers in Sudan are caught between the devastating effects of the country s civil war and the knock-on impacts of the Middle East conflict, as food insecurity reaches catastrophic levels across the country.
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Maiduguri, Nigeria — Fighters from the Boko Haram group killed 18 loggers in northeastern Nigeria Borno State on May 7, local sources confirmed on May 8, 2026, in an attack that underscores the deepening humanitarian crisis facing communities displaced by years of jihadist violence. According to witnesses and members of a local anti-jihadist militia, Boko
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The government of Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region following a wave of deadly Boko Haram attacks that have killed more than 40 soldiers and civilians in recent days, officials confirmed on Thursday. The announcement marks a significant escalation in the fight against the jihadist group that has plagued
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On a dusty lot on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, four young acrobats from a troupe called Dafra Circus are rehearsing a performance that is unlike anything you will see in a conventional circus. There are no animals, no clowns, no trapeze acts. What there are, instead, are children — and the weight of war. Their
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With 4.4 million Somalis acutely food insecure and international aid at a multi-year low, Somalia’s drought crisis is being made worse by conflict and climate. Relief agencies warn the worst is yet to come.
