Senegal deploys troops to capital as Dakar braces for more unrest
Army troops were deployed to parts of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Friday as the city braced for more unrest after a jail sentence for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko sparked one of the deadliest...
View ArticleTension gradually easing in Senegal after 72 hours of violence
In Senegal, tension is gradually easing in Dakar after 72 hours of violence following the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko to two years behind bars. FRANCE 24's Sam Bradpiece reports...
View ArticleSenegal shuts overseas consulates after attacks in several cities including...
Senegal has temporarily closed its consulates abroad following attacks on diplomatic missions in Bordeaux, Milan, Paris and New York among others, the foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday.
View ArticleDemocracy at stake, say Senegalese youths protesting controversial arrest
Senegal on Tuesday shut down several of its overseas consulates including in Paris and New York after they were targeted by a fresh wave of protests that has rocked the West African country...
View ArticleSudan's army accuses paramilitary of killing West Darfur governor
In tonight's edition: The UN warns that Sudan's conflict risks inflaming instability in Darfur and says that the world can't allow the region to become a humanitarian calamity again. Also, African...
View ArticleNine months since Mahsa Amini death: Regime's biggest threat to power since...
It was nine months ago. A 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of Iran’s morality police. And then a protest movement began — known as Woman, Life, Freedom — and then quickly...
View Article9 months since Mahsa Amini's death: What's changed?
Its been 9 months since Mahsa Amini died while in police custody in Iran for improperly wearing her veil. Her death sparked months of demonstrations with protesters calling for the end to the Islamic...
View ArticleNew Sudan ceasefire goes into effect after deadly air strikes on civilians
Sudan’s warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur...
View ArticleSenegal media crackdown: Walf TV suspended after anti-government protests
FRANCE 24's team in Senegal reports on the crackdown on medias following the anti-government protests.
View ArticleMissing peace in the Middle East: 'There is no plan, it's about damage...
Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank, igniting the fiercest day of fighting in years as Palestinian militants detonated roadside bombs and Israeli helicopter...
View Article'Int'l community needs to restore diplomatic horizon & show' a non-violent,...
Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank, igniting the fiercest day of fighting in years as Palestinian militants detonated roadside bombs and Israeli helicopter...
View ArticleCredibility shot: Killing, cover-up & rampant racial profiling 'increase...
A 17-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed by a police officer Tuesday in a Paris suburb, according to his family’s lawyers. The death unleashed tensions between angry residents setting...
View ArticleGunfire shatters Eid prayer for peace in Sudan
In tonight's edition: The Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha offers little respite to Sudanese caught up in the 10th week of fighting between the army and the RSF paramilitary group. Also, a vote by the UN...
View ArticleNahel 'execution' reflects ruthless form of 'French racism' engulfed in...
Protesters angry after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy set cars and public buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs and unrest spread to some other French cities and towns, despite increased security...
View Article'Racial bias' in France: Research shows Blacks, Arabs 'face police brutality'...
Violent protests broke out in France in the early hours of Thursday as anger grew over the police killing of a teenager, with security forces arresting 150 people in the chaos that saw balaclava-clad...
View ArticlePolice killing of Nahel reflects 'on-going history of racism rooted in...
French protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police in the streets of some French cities early Friday morning as tensions mounted over the deadly police shooting of a...
View ArticleFourth night of violence in France after deadly police shooting of teen
Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores Friday in a fourth day of violence in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron...
View Article🔴 Live: Macron postpones state visit to Germany as funeral for teen killed by...
French police arrested more than 1,300 people nationwide during a fourth consecutive night of rioting over the killing of teenager Nahel M. by police, the interior ministry said Saturday. Family and...
View ArticleWho was Nahel, the teenager shot dead by French police?
He was "everything" to his mother, a quiet boy in his Paris neighbourhood, struck down by a policeman's bullet that has sparked riots and soul searching in a country where police have long faced...
View Article🔴 Live: Macron to hold 'briefing' with top ministers after fifth night of unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a "briefing" at 7:30pm this evening with high-ranking members of the government after five nights of unrest in the wider Paris region. French police arrested...
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