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Issued on: 13/06/2024 – 10:53Modified: 13/06/2024 – 10:58 01:47 Kenyan content creator © FRANCE 24 Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has promised to pay Kenyan influencers for content published on its platforms from June. With around 20 percent of the Kenyan population using social media, more and more young people are aspiring to become content creators. Read more on related topics:

Issued on: 06/06/2024 – 11:17 15:16 EYE ON AFRICA © FRANCE 24 In tonight’s edition: Russia’s foreign minister arrives in Chad on the last leg of his Africa tour, which has been marked by strong anti-Western sentiment. Also, at the Korea-Africa summit in Seoul, South Korea announces plans to ramp up rice production in Africa. And we head to Cameroon, where Penja white pepper is now a protected label.  Read more on related topics:

Best New Young Adult Audiobooks, Selected by AudioFile Magazine for The Children’s Book Review. Best New Audiobooks for Teens There’s a lot of great new YA listening this month, including another charming queer love story from Jonny Garza Villa and a new mystery from prolific author Jane Hur. Written by Jonny Garza Villa Read by Alejandro Antonio Ruiz Macmillan Audio | 10 hrs. | Ages 13+ | AudioFile Earphones Award Listen to a Sample Alejandro Antonio Ruiz embodies all of the roiling emotions in this compelling queer teen love story. Rafie learned his love of mariachi from his abuelo; after he…

Bubba-Licious Yes, it’s a show for babies! Mums and Dads who are dying to get their new humans out to the fringe, this show is for you! Inspired by being a new mum, Kat Placing has devised a show for babbling babies & tireless toddlers! Performed by Luth Wolf from Big Tops for Tiny Tots, it is a sensory display of colour, sound, light & movement to spark joy and ignite wonder. Incorporating puppetry, clowning, bubbles, shadow play & much more. It is a 30min sampler of stimulation for hungry minds. Created to delight audiences 6m to 3 years. Taking…

It was August 24th, 79 AD. Imagine an ancient city with people carrying out every day tasks during the lazy afternoon hours. Then suddenly and unexpectedly, a volcano known as Mount Vesuvius erupts. A thick cloud of ash hovers the rabid volcano. Within minutes, the cloud expands into a rainfall of ash so dense that it is able to eclipse the sun, suddenly turning day into night…The city darkens as ash, pumice and rock, blown into the direction of the town starts to accumulate. Roofs start to collapse and people start to suffocate from the noxious gases. Finally, during the…

Issued on: 06/06/2024 – 22:36 In tonight’s edition: South Africa’s MK Party says it will engage with the ANC as coalition talks continue. Also, for the first time, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island is part of Tanzania and was a key stopping off point for Arab slave traders across East Africa. Plus we meet Somaliland’s first all-women basketball team. 

Issued on: 07/06/2024 – 10:28Modified: 07/06/2024 – 11:37 01:47 A quadrupling of the price of subsidised bread has made it harder than ever for millions of Egyptians to get by. Eqypt’s government, facing a rising wheat import bill, increased the price of subsidised small loaves of flatbread for the first time in decades on June 1. The loaves are available to more than 70 million people and are vital for the poorest. Even though they are still heavily discounted, the increase to 20 piasters ($0.0042) per loaf from five piasters is one that many households can ill afford. Read more…

Issued on: 07/06/2024 – 10:33Modified: 07/06/2024 – 11:39 02:13 On Thursday, for the first time, Zanzibar, commemorated the abolition of slavery. The island is part of Tanzania and was a key stopping off point for Arab slavers across east Africa. At one point domestic slavery is thought to have expanded to the point that two thirds of the population were slaves. France 24’s Bastien Renouil attended the day of remembrance. Read more on related topics:

Issued on: 07/06/2024 – 10:41 01:36 Somaliland’s first all-women basketball team are hoping to put their country on the map with their skills on the court. Heargeisa girls was founded in 2018 but already has a significant online following and their success has led to enough other female teams being created since to form a women’s league in the socially conservative country, where female participation in sport remains taboo for many. Read more on related topics:

This is an interview about Let’s Go Bananas: A Hilarious Monkey Book for Kids, with a Fun Sing-Along Refrain, presented in partnership* with Bradford Wilkins and The Children’s Book Review. In this interview, children’s book author Bradford Wilkins shares the inspiration behind his delightful new picture book, Let’s Go Bananas: A Hilarious Monkey Book for Kids, with a Fun Sing-Along Refrain. The book features a singing banana and two adventurous monkeys. Wilkins reveals how the story originated from a song he wrote over 25 years ago that became a favorite with the kids in his life. Drawing from his own…