Scores of civilians killed in South Sudan political clashes, UN says
Scores of civilians were killed in political clashes in South Sudan between February and May this year, a UN report said Tuesday, with women and children subjected to brutal assaults, including gang...
View ArticleThousands across Haiti demand ouster of PM in new protest
Thousands of people in Haiti’s capital and other major cities organized new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets, more affordable goods and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The...
View ArticleMali unrest: Local sources say nearly 1,000 civilians killed since march
Mali has faced instability since 2012, when Islamists hijacked an ethnic Tuareg rebellion in the north. France 24 Wassim Nasr tells us more.
View ArticleViolent protests flare up in Haiti over fuel price hikes, rampant crime
Residents of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home on Tuesday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry...
View ArticleIranians risking lives to protest: 'They are essentially giving up their...
Protesters across Iran continued to clash violently with security forces early Friday following the death of a young woman in police custody, as Iranian state TV suggested the death toll from the...
View ArticleMahsa Amini protests: 'The Iranian people want to raise their voice and break...
Iran is cracking down on the biggest demonstrations since 2019, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16 after she was detained by morality police enforcing the...
View Article'Death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini a clear example of Iranian state brutality...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid...
View ArticleThe protests 'in the streets of Iran are the result of years of perpetual...
Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more...
View ArticleMahsa Amini uprising: 'We're no longer going back where Iran and Iranian...
A wave of unrest has gripped the Islamic republic since Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women....
View ArticleMahsa Amini uprising in Iran: 'They're calling for the abolition of the...
A wave of unrest has gripped the Islamic republic since Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women....
View ArticleChad unrest: AU and opposition criticize Mahamat Deby's attempt to hold on to...
About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister...
View ArticleCurfew imposed in Chad as government suspends seven opposition parties
A curfew is in place in Chad as the government suspends seven opposition parties. On Thursday, at least 50 protesters were killed during clashes with police as people demonstrated against interim...
View ArticleMourning Mahsa Amini: 'It's beyond women's rights, it's about a nation's...
Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands Wednesday in Mahsa Amini's hometown to mark 40 days since her death, according to a rights group and verified videos....
View ArticleIran civil uprising: 'The gov't is at war with its people & the people are...
Iran has been shaken by two months of protests sparked by the death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in custody days after her arrest by the morality police for allegedly breaching...
View ArticleIranian World Cup squad loses fans amid major unrest at home
Iranian players competing in the soccer World Cup have lost fans among many people back home who accuse the national squad of siding with a violent state crackdown on protesters, including women and...
View ArticleViolent protests at virus-hit, largest iPhone factory in China
Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn's flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed. The rare scenes of...
View ArticleChina widens Covid-19 curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries
Chinese cities imposed more curbs on Wednesday to rein in rising coronavirus cases, adding to investor worries about the economy as fresh unrest at the world's largest iPhone plant highlighted the...
View ArticleTruce holds in east DR Congo despite ambushes
A ceasefire between government troops and M23 rebels appeared to be holding for a third day on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite clashes between rival militias. A fresh round of...
View ArticleIran civil uprising is a 'turning point in the history of Iranian people'
For decades, celebrated Iranian-American Author, Professor and Activist Azar Nafisi has been "at the forefront' in the fight for democracy and human rights. She joins FRANCE 24 to offer analysis and...
View ArticleIran civil uprising: Supreme Leader Khamenei 'believes that the protests will...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that security forces would show no mercy towards "rioters, thugs, terrorists", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The Revolutionary Guards also...
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