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Tonight we bring you a special report on the unfolding political crisis in Senegal, after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set
In tonight's edition: A tight race in Ghana. Voters wait to hear if their President has won a second term, or if a former president will return to the top job. Ethiopians living ab
#IvoryCoast's president Alassane #Ouattara is to be sworn in for a third presidential term on Monday. A ceremony to be held at #Abidjan, which several African heads of States are e
No pandemic was going to keep Argentina from its Evita moment. For hours Thursday, they filed past the coffin of Diego Armando Maradona, the rags-to-riches hero of a nation thanks
Portuguese voters have been asked to venture out despite the country's pandemic lockdown Sunday for a presidential election widely expected to see centre-right Marcelo Rebelo de So
Quick to smile and described as affable, Paraguay's new President Santiago Pena, 44, is the fresh face of an old institution -- the conservative Colorado Party that has ruled the S
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In tonight's edition Uganda braces for tense presidential elections on Thirsday. It is doing so without internet as a blackout descends on the eve of the vote.
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The leader of #Uganda's main opposition party, #BobiWine, said troops raided its headquarters on Monday as staff tried to prepare a legal challenge to President Yoweri Museveni's d
#Ugandans wearing face masks to brave the pandemic voted on Thursday as police and soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital during a presidential #election pitting long-time l
Is it all just a bit of political theater by Trump loyalists or is it a coup attempt? Welcome to a special edition as we cover what is up to now always been a ceremonial formality.
Donald Trump is still refusing to concede the US presidential election, even though the results say Joe Biden is the clear winner. That means the Biden transition team is blocked f
#US President Donald #Trump's campaign and his allies have suffered a string of judicial defeats in their bid to prevent states from certifying President-Elect Joe #Biden as the wi
The celebrations and the commiserations continue in the United States. Democratic supporters who voted in Joe Biden and the 47th US president literally danced in the streets this w
On May 14th, Turkey will go to the polls in a pivotal presidential election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20 years in power. But for many of those who lost hom
About those wooly #mittens that #US Sen. #BernieSanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They've helped to raise $1.8 milli
#Ugandan opposition leader #BobiWine on Friday claimed #victory in a presidential #election, rejecting early results which gave President Yoweri #Museveni a wide lead as a "joke".<
In tonight's edition Ugandan opposition leader Bobi wine says that he fears for his life since losing last week's presidential election; He told France 24 on Monday that he and his
When Felix Tshisekedi won a disputed presidential election two years ago, he seemed beholden to his predecessor Joseph Kabila. Now the president holds all the cards. How did he do
In tonight's edition, Nigerian hospitals struggle under growing numbers of coronavirus cases as the wait for vaccines continue. In Niger, ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum is d
The death toll from protests over the arrest of #Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician #BobiWine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst #un
President Macky Sall postponed Senegal's planned Feb. 25 presidential election, announcing in a televised address to the nation on Saturday that he had cancelled the relevant law d
Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Joseph discussed in an interview with FRANCE 24 the concerns of the United States and the international community about the recent polit
Is It the final nail in the coffin of American exceptionalism? With the impeachment of Donald Trump comes fresh revelations about those who plotted both outside and in the US Capit
In Ugandan elections, President Museveni has 65% of the vote with opposition candidate Bobi Wine at 27% with a third of ballots counted. Meanwhile, Wine says the military have take
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves Friday for a seven-nation trip that includes France, where his meetings will be held in “complete transparency towards the team of presiden
In Ethiopia, leaders from the Tigray region currently at war with the federal governement say a university has been targeted in military airstrikes. The head of a South African pan