Abuk Buol is a survivor in every sense of the word. The 39-year-old endured horrific sexual violence, brutality and was forced from her home in Bor during the civil war that ravaged South Sudan. ldquo;I struggled to cope with what happened,rdquo; she says. ldquo;Every time I saw a man, I felt scared, and I experienced long-lasting psychological distress.rdquo; Today, she personifies strength and resilience. Reunited with her family back home, the mother of six, is working to secure justice for the horrors that she and so many others...

From June 25 to 28, 2025, in Abuja (Nigeria), Afreximbank (the African Export-Import Bank), a leading financial institution on the continent, will hold its 32nd Annual Meetings. This high-profile event will be broadcast live and in full on all AFRICA24 platforms (www.Africa24TV.com). This prestigious gathering will bring together Heads of State, top...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy,...

Cette semaine, Actuelles s'intéresse aux travailleuses agricoles égyptiennes. Elles représentent 45% de la main-d'oeuvre du secteur, et parfois la quasi totalité dans certaines régions. Elles abattent le même travail que les hommes, mais pour la moitié de leur salaire, et bien souvent sans contrat. 

Security sources say dozens have been detained or deported from Cairo airport and other locations.

Nigeria | 12 minutes ago Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has stated that Nigeria#8217;s democratic stability depends fundamentally on prudent management of public resources. The commission?s Executive Chairman, Victor Muruako, who stated this in a Democracy Day message, Thursday, explained that the commission#8217;s...

Since arriving in Mali in 2021, Russian Wagner...

Most of DHL?s Africa and Middle East operations, which include warehousing, packaging and supply-chain management, are in South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. ......

The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) will convene global leaders, policymakers and innovators for its fourth Development Forum on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, under the theme A Transition that Empowers Our Tomorrow. The Forum will spotlight inclusive growth, climate resilience and the power of South-South cooperation in advancing equitable and sustainable development. OPEC Fund President Abdulhamid Alkhalifa will open the Forum alongside President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania and Minister of Finance Mohammed Aljadaan of Saudi Arabia. Senior government officials from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin American and the...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke by phone with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi congratulated the German Chancellor on his well-deserved victory in the German elections, which reflected the confidence of the German people. The...

Download logo Nigerrsquo;s economy recorded robust growth in 2024, driven by large-scale oil exports. However, short-term sources of growth remain limited and exposed to downside risks, according to the World Bank's latest economic update for Niger, published today. The report analyzes the country's economic, and poverty trends and provides a three-year outlook. A special chapter is dedicated to analyzing...

Depuis leur arrivée au Mali en 2021, les mercenaires russes de Wagner ont kidnappé et détenu des centaines de civils sur d?anciennes bases de l?ONU et dans des camps militaires partagés avec l?armée malienne. Dans le cadre du projet Viktoriia, Forbidden Stories révèle l?existence de ces prisons secrètes où sévices et tortures sont perpétrés en toute impunité.

Le conseil des ministres du Mali a adopté un projet de loi accordant sans élection un mandat de cinq ans renouvelable au général Assimi Goïta, chef des militaires au pouvoir. Cette mesure doit renforcer son contrôle sur la présidence du pays, alors qu'il s'était engagé à remettre le pouvoir aux civils au plus tard en mars 2024.

Inflation has surged in Africa?s most populous nation following 2023 currency reforms and the phasing out of fuel subsidies, and it remained elevated at 23.7% in April. ......

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the diocese of Makurdi in...

After months of speculation, satellite imagery analysed by the FRANCE 24 Observers team confirms that the Russian Su-24M tactical bomber has arrived in Mali. This aircraft is more powerful than those previously used by Russian paramilitaries supporting the Malian army. Its deployment also signals the withdrawal of the Wagner Group from the country, announced on June 6, in favour of the Africa Corps group which reports directly to the Russian Ministry of Defence. Issued on: 11/06/2025 - 22:10 6 min Reading time As Russia#039;s paramilitary Africa Corps is taking over from the Wagner Group in Mali, satellite imagery captured on April 14, 2025, confirms the arrival of a Su-24M bomber at...

The Sudanese Armed Forces say they have withdrawn from the area as part of its defensive arrangements.

Nigerias defence chief suggests fencing off borders around the country.

Download logo His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,...

ldquo;Every day is about survival.rdquo; This stark message captures the urgency of the dire situation as the heavy rains begin to fall in Bentiu where vast parts of the landscape are already submerged by catastrophic floods that devastated the area five years ago. Lieutenant Colonel Jamal Haroon is one of a team of engineering peacekeepers from Pakistan, serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, who are responsible for maintaining a vast network of dykes protecting 300,000 people from the 4,500 square...

There has been an intense contest about who is the authentic national secretary of the PDP, between Samuel Anyanwu and a former PDP National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye. ......

Mr Essien said Governor Eno had,...

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will increase the number of international students in Russia to 500,000 ......

Download logo The Government of Saudi Arabia must immediately halt the reportedly imminent execution of 26 Egyptian nationals sentenced to death for drug-related offences, in violation of international law, an UN expert said today. ldquo;The Governmentrsquo;s claim that applying the death penalty for offences such as smuggling, receiving and distributing narcotic substances under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act complies with international law is incompatible with its legal obligations under International...

Download logo The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudanrsquo;s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for more funding to support immediate needs and boost longer-term recovery across the country. ldquo;Over the past six months, WFP scaled up assistance and we are now reaching nearly one million Sudanese in Khartoum with food and nutrition support,rdquo; said Laurent Bukera, WFP Country Director in Sudan. ldquo;This momentum must continue; several areas in the south are at risk of famine.rdquo; In an update from Port Sudan, Mr. Bukera reported that a mission to Khartoum had found many...

For a year now, Meacute;decins Sans Frontiegrave;res (MSF) teams in Darfur, Sudan, have been witnessing outbreaks of measles in the four Darfur states where we currently work. While massive vaccination campaigns are finally ongoing in several locations across the region, MSF calls on health authorities and medical organisations to increase efforts to catch up on the immunisation of children who have never been vaccinated. The first surge of measles cases observed and treated by MSF were in June 2024 in Rokero, in Central Darfur, where MSF teams have been running the local Ministry of Health hospital since 2020. At the start of 2025, cases were also reported in East Jebel Marra, South...

The Sudanese army on Tuesday accused troops loyal to putschist Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar of assaulting border posts, marking the first time Sudan has directly implicated its ......

Download logo Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, is scheduled to visit the Africa region, in a five-day visit that will take him to Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. During his visit, Mr. Moreira da Silva will meet national authorities and development partners. He will...

The World Bank has revised down its forecast for Egypt?s economic growth in 2024, projecting real GDP expansion of just 2.4%, compared to 3.8% in 2023. A moderate recovery is expected in the years ahead, with growth forecast to rise to 3.5% in 2025 and 4.2% in 2026, according to the latest Global Economic Prospects report. These projections represent downward revisions of 0.4, 0.7, and 0.4 percentage points respectively from the estimates published in June 2024,...