Residents barricade streets for protection amid Nicaragua unrest
There is entrenched fighting in Nicaragua between security forces loyal to President Daniel Ortega and protesters demanding his resignation. FRANCE 24’s Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin report...
View ArticleScores killed in attack on Nigerian farmers
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called for calm after 86 people were killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in the restive centre of the country.
View ArticleClashes erupt in western France after fatal police shooting
Groups of young people clashed with police in the western French city of Nantes late Tuesday after a 22-year-old man was shot dead by an officer during a police check.
View ArticleThird night of unrest in western France after fatal police shooting
Cars and buildings were set alight Friday in a third night of rioting in western France over the fatal police shooting of a young man, the latest flare-up of tension between French police and youths in...
View ArticleFrench officer declares Nantes' fatal shooting 'accidental'
A French policeman, who shot dead a young man in western France earlier this week, sparking three nights of rioting in Nantes, changed his explanation of the death on Friday, saying he fired his weapon...
View ArticleUnrest over fuel prices sparks political crisis in Haiti
Deadly protests forced Haiti’s government to halt plans to raise fuel prices over the weekend. But despite the reversal, protesters have called for a two-day general strike starting Monday and are...
View ArticleHaiti prime minister resigns after deadly unrest
Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices.
View ArticleNicaraguans 'betrayed' by Ortega, Bianca Jagger tells FRANCE 24
As Nicaragua marked the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista uprising and is once again facing widespread unrest, longtime human rights defender Bianca Jagger spoke to FRANCE 24 about how those taking...
View ArticleNicaragua in crisis: Residents torn between anger and fear
This week in Nicaragua, witnesses say police attacked protesters in the northern city of Jinotega, leaving at least three people dead. Since July 19, President Daniel Ortega has ramped up arrests...
View ArticleNicaragua's Ortega defends paramilitary violence as US steps up warnings
Nicaragua's veteran leader Daniel Ortega defended brutal action by his forces against anti-government protesters Monday, as the United States warned he and his wife were "ultimately responsible" for...
View ArticleZimbabwe army orders shutdown of Harare city centre amid post-election unrest
Zimbabwe’s army ordered the shutdown of central Harare on Thursday as authorities came under increasing pressure to release results of the presidential election after a deadly crackdown on protesters.
View ArticleDozens dead after days of clashes near Libyan capital
Violent clashes resumed late Thursday afternoon between rival militias south of the Libyan capital, just hours after a truce was announced to end fighting that has killed almost 30 people since Monday.
View ArticleHundreds escape jail as fighting rages in Libya's Tripoli
Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya's capital on Sunday as fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said.
View ArticleCurfew imposed in Iraq's Basra as violent protests continue
Three mortar shells were fired into Baghdad's green zone early Friday as a curfew was imposed in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after a fresh outbreak of violent protests over poor public services...
View ArticleRockets fired at airport in Libya's capital Tripoli
Rockets were fired late on Tuesday in the direction of the airport in Libya's capital, residents said, forcing flights to be diverted, less than a week after the United Nations brokered a fragile truce...
View ArticleMass kidnapping overshadows Cameroon President Biya’s inauguration
Cameroonian President Paul Biya was sworn in for a seventh term amid heightened tensions on Tuesday, a day after 79 students were kidnapped from a school in the country’s restive English-speaking...
View ArticleCAR militia defies UN troops in Bangui neighbourhood
Central African forces and the UN have launched a joint operation to retake control of the capital Bangui’s PK5 neighbourhood, which has been overrun by “criminal gangs”. FRANCE 24’s James André met...
View ArticleResidents barricade streets for protection amid Nicaragua unrest
There is entrenched fighting in Nicaragua between security forces loyal to President Daniel Ortega and protesters demanding his resignation. FRANCE 24’s Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin report...
View ArticleNicaraguan bishops visit Masaya 'to avert massacre'
Nicaraguan bishops entered the opposition bastion of Masaya on Thursday in a dramatic show of solidarity with residents they said were threatened with a "massacre" at the hands of forces loyal to...
View ArticleScores killed in attack on Nigerian farmers
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called for calm after 86 people were killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in the restive centre of the country.
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