Since he became president of the small West African nation of Sierra Leone in 2018, Julius Maada Bio has dedicated…
Browsing: Africa
Sierra Leoneans will vote Saturday in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections, amid international calls for peace and a cost-of-living…
Malian voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the constitution in a referendum, marking a key step in the ruling junta’s declared…
The Sudanese capital was again under fire Wednesday, after the latest breached ceasefire between warring generals ended without any sign…
Breakthroughs have already begun at a Global Finance Summit here in Paris aimed at easing the debt burden on some…
Issued on: 23/06/2023 – 19:21Modified: 23/06/2023 – 19:24 In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the Summit…
Issued on: 23/06/2023 – 16:07Modified: 23/06/2023 – 16:37 01:44 Kenya’s parliament’s voted throuh a raft of tax hikes in the first budget of president William Ruto. The contentious changes will double the tax on fuel to 16% to generate another 61 billion shillings or a little under 400,000 euros, for the government. The bill still has to be signed by Ruto and opposition members have threatened to call fresh protests if he does. The bill also proposes a new housing levy which Ruto says will help build more affordable houses but many Kenyans hit hard by the rising cost of living say they can’t shoulder the extra cost. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Bastien Renouil reports.…
Just a day before he was due to release his manifesto, Sierra Leonean presidential contender Samura Kamara was busy writing…
In tonight’s edition: With four African countries at the bottom of the ranking of progress towards key development indicators, we…
A quartet of African leaders headed out to Russia and Ukraine on a peace mission aimed at helping resolving the…