Hundreds of thousands flee violence in eastern DR Congo
More than 200,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled surging violence in Ituri since March in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, the UN said Friday.
View ArticleLibya’s unity government of al-Sarraj claims full control of Tripoli region...
The UN-backed unity government of Fayez al-Sarraj claimed to have won back total control of Libya’s capital Tripoli and its suburbs, including the main airport. The fighting around the capital has...
View ArticleLatin America reels as Covid-19 cases surge past 2 million
The World Health Organisation has recorded the highest one-day increase of COvid-19 cases, with 183,000 cases added in 24 hours. Confirmed cases have surged past two million in Latin America and the...
View ArticleKilling of Ethiopian protest singer sparks deadly clashes
At least 10 people died and more than 80 were wounded when the killing of a popular singer triggered blasts and protests in Ethiopia's capital and the surrounding Oromiya region on Tuesday, police and...
View ArticleUN voices alarm over Hong Kong security law as top activist flees territory
The United Nations sounded the alarm over Hong Kong following a series of arrests made under Beijing’s new controversial security law, passed on Tuesday and bypassing the territory’s legislative body....
View ArticleAnalysis: Russians protest arrest of popular mayor, and Putinism
Protestors in Russia’s far east hit the streets for a third day following the arrest of a popular local governor. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Douglas Herbert says the unrest in the remote...
View ArticleLebanon’s extreme crisis to lead either to US lifting economic sanctions or...
Lebanon’s economy has been pushed to the brink of collapse, with the Lebanese pound losing 85 percent of its value since anti-government protests broke out in October 2019. Decades of government...
View ArticleViolence erupts in Portland as backlash to federal deployment grows
Violence has again erupted in Portland after US President Donald Trump deployed federal agents to quell unrest linked to anti-racism demonstrations. The president has vowed to send federal agents to...
View ArticlePresident Trump doubles down on deployment of federals agents to quell protests
Donald Trump is pressing ahead with a controversial plan to deploy federal agents to cities across America to quell protests. In Portland, where riots continued overnight, the agents have been accused...
View ArticleIs Trump's federal agent 'surge' a political stunt?
The Trump administration’s decision to send federal agents to quell protests in multiple cities across the United States has been decried by some as a political stunt. FRANCE 24 correspondent Alyssa...
View ArticlePortland unrest continues despite federal agents
Violence continued overnight in the US city of Portland, with protestors this time prepared with homemade shields to protect against police rubber bullets. The night’s proceedings had started out...
View ArticleAnalysis: Trump plays the law and order card
President Donald Trump has announced a ‘surge’ of federal agents to several cities, despite growing blowback over their heavy-handed tactics. FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle says...
View ArticlePresident has right to deploy federal agents to cities, expert says
President Donald Trump is set to deploy federal agents to some US cities, ostensibly to support local authorities in quelling unrest. Maria Haberfeld, professor of police science at the John Jay...
View ArticleIs Trump sowing chaos in Portland to bolster reelection hopes?
Democrat mayors in six US states have called on Congress to halt President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces to their cities. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Douglas Herbert says the...
View ArticleUS to send federal agents to more cities, but denies local protests the target
The US Justice Department has announced it will send dozens of federal agents to Detroit, Milwaukee and Cleveland, following similar deployments to cities such as Chicago and Kansas City. The US...
View ArticleAnalysis: Federal agents in US cities a 'PR disaster' for president
The Trump administration has said it will withdraw some federal agents from Portland, but only if conditions improve, while at the same time is set to deploy dozens of agents to three other US cities....
View ArticleZimbabwe protests planned despite government crackdown
Mass protests were planned for Zimbabwe today, despite the government threat of a crackdown. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Armen Georgian says protestors want to draw attention to worsening...
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