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Last opening speech of the UN General Assembly for Antonio Guterres. The outgoing Secretary-General calls for reform of the Security Council and permanent consideration of Africa. He also called for global financial reform.
The International Criminal Court found Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of crimes against humanity on Wednesday. The former rebel leader is accused of torture and unlawful imprisonment at the head of the Séléka militia during the 2013 Central African Civil War.
The playoffs for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania begin on Thursday. New players, new breeders, new era... Here are seven stories to follow among the upcoming posters of African football
One of the victims would be a pregnant woman, police said.
Morocco is holding parliamentary elections on Wednesday after a campaign dominated by concerns about purchasing power, employment and inequality, in a context of distrust towards political parties.
In Madrid, Kylian Mbappé delivered an exclusive interview to RFI. The Frenchman, launched in the Ballon d'Or race, claims his soul as a competitor, assumes his shock statements, pays tribute to Didier Deschamps, plans with Zinedine Zidane. The details of Olivier Pron, a journalist with the sports department at RFI.
Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has developed a fierce anti-immigration policy, and expelled hundreds of people from the United States. They are not sent directly to their country of origin, but to third countries, some of them in Africa, like Ghana or Eswatini. Our journalist Karina Chabour was able to meet some of those expelled. Find his survey in collaboration with Forbidden Stories on our website.
An exclusive survey of France 24 and about 20 media partners reveals the mass expulsions of illegal immigrants from the United States to "third countries". Thirteen African countries are affected by these often opaque agreements led by the Trump administration, including the Eswatini, a small landlocked kingdom between South Africa and Mozambique. Caroline Dumay's explanations, corresponding to France 24.
Nearly a week after the murder of activist Manassé Lomboto Bomengola during a demonstration in Kinshasa, the opposition is questioning the UDPS, the ruling party, which the latter denies. At this opposition rally, men armed with machetes targeted the demonstrators. The report of Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula.
The first national election since the demonstrations of the "Gen Z 212", Moroccan legislatures are held on Wednesday in the Cherifian kingdom. While the turnout is expected to be one of the major issues in the election, many young people are questioning the usefulness of voting and the ability of institutions to meet their aspirations.
The best attacker in the history of the Blues and contending with the Golden Balloon 2026 Kylian Mbappé granted an interview to our RFI colleagues. A few days away from several matches in the League of Nations, he gave himself a long time, including his report to Africa.
The discovery of ten women's bodies over the past two months, including one Sunday in the suburbs of Johannesburg, revives anger in South Africa, where femicides are among the highest in the world. Rights defenders denounce the shortcomings of public policies in the face of a scourge that the President himself has set up as a "national disaster".
The billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote launched the largest stock market introduction ever made on the continent, by contributing his oil refining company to the Nigerian Stock Exchange. So what do we know about this 69-year-old entrepreneur and his promise to help ensure greater prosperity and economic independence for Africans?
Persecuted in their country of origin, they hoped to start a new life in the United States. They were deported to Cameroon, where they have no ties. France 24 investigated with Forbidden Stories the situation of several African migrant women welcomed in a Yaoundé centre, after their expulsion by the Trump administration, under a secret agreement negotiated between the leaders of the two countries.
Within a consortium of 26 media coordinated by Forbidden Stories, France 24 investigated for several months the secret agreements between the Trump administration and several African countries, designated as "third countries", ready to host people expelled by the ICE.
In this issue of Reporters+, Karina Chabour investigates an unknown face of American migration policy: the expulsion of people to third countries in Africa, away from the United States and sometimes away from their country of origin.
Vigilantes, marches and recollections: hundreds of demonstrators mobilized across South Africa on Friday evening, September 18, to pay tribute to the nine women found dead in east Johannesburg. In a country with more than 60 homicides a day, the nine murders caused shock waves across the population. Anger is rising and calls are increasing for the government to act against violence against women.
Banana is the most consumed fruit of the French, it is also the most imported: 81% come from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, traveling thousands of kilometers before arriving on our tables. What if, tomorrow, they were pushing you two steps away? In the south of France, climate change is reshaping vegetable crops. Rather than fighting this upheaval, some farmers have chosen to tame it: they have embarked on the production of exotic fruits: bananas, papayas, dragon fruits grown in the middle of Provence. All, s
The French embassy in Côte d'Ivoire is the subject of unfounded accusations accusing him of having donated hygienic diapers or condoms to Côte d'Ivoire. The images supposed to illustrate these supposed gifts were generated by artificial intelligence.
In South Sudan, the food crisis is worsening. Nearly 7.8 million people, or more than half of the population, face acute food insecurity. The growing El Niño climate phenomenon could further exacerbate the situation by increasing the risk of drought and flooding in several regions of East Africa.
