French forces’ 1944 massacre of African World War II troops demanding pay in Senegal was “premeditated” and covered up, with previous death tolls vastly underestimated, according to a paper submitted to the Senegalese president, an exclusive copy of which was obtained by AFP.According to French colonial authorities at the time, at least 35 infantrymen were …
Dozens were injured, many seriously, at the state funeral of Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin, AFP journalists saw. It came a day after at least three people were killed when security forces opened fire to disperse a crowd that had gathered to see Odinga’s body in …
Taxi driver Alain is so disillusioned with Ivory Coast’s politicians that he and other residents of Abidjan’s Yopougon district plan to ignore next week’s presidential election. The densely populated district — a strategic target for political parties — was once a bastion of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s but fell to the current ruling party 14 years ago. Gbagbo …
Kenya held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi on Friday, a day after security forces opened fire on huge mourning crowds, killing at least three. Odinga, 80, died from a suspected heart attack at a health clinic in southern India on Wednesday, triggering a huge outpouring of grief across much of …
Kenya holds state funeral for opposition leader OdingaFri, 17 Oct 2025 07:40:36 GMT Read More »
Madagascar was set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island.The country’s highest court was now expected to formalise the appointment of Colonel Michael Randrianirina in a ceremony at 10:00 …
Army colonel set to be sworn in as Madagascar presidentFri, 17 Oct 2025 06:55:05 GMT Read More »
Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a “double and deeply unequal burden,” the United Nations warned Friday.”No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air pollution, but …
Madagascar is set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island.The country’s highest court was expected to formalise the appointment of Colonel Michael Randrianirina in a ceremony at 9:00 am …
Army colonel to be sworn in as Madagascar presidentFri, 17 Oct 2025 03:49:47 GMT Read More »
Investigations into one of the worst massacres in France’s colonial history took a step forward on Thursday when researchers presented an official report to Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.The document aims to clarify events in 1944 when the French colonial army in Senegal massacred African troops who had fought alongside them in World War II.Even …
Investigations into one of the worst massacres in France’s colonial history took a step forward on Thursday when researchers presented an official report to Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.The document, whose contents have not yet been made public, aims to clarify events in 1944 when the French colonial army in Senegal massacred African troops who …
Three people were killed at a stadium in Nairobi as security forces opened fire to disperse mourners gathered to view the body of revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday, a rights group said.The security forces triggered chaos as they fired on tens of thousands of people at Kasarani stadium on the outskirts of the …
