đŸ‡«đŸ‡· Born in France but searching for a future in Africa — #BBCAfricaEye #Shorts

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Amid ris­ing nation­al­ism, police vio­lence and social ten­sions in France, some young French Africans are turn­ing to the con­ti­nent in search of, what they say, is a bet­ter life. BBC Africa Eye inves­ti­gates.  đŸŽ„ Watch the doc­u­men­tary ‘The Home­com­ing’, here: https://youtu.be/ZbABHnXDiXE Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twit­ter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Insta­gram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #Sene­gal #France #BBC­Doc­u­men­tary #ReverseM­i­gra­tion


Why are young French Africans moving back to Africa? Focus On Africa Podcast

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The lead­ing oppo­si­tion par­ty in Mozam­bique files a law­suit demand­ing a recount of this mon­th’s elec­tion results because of alleged irreg­u­lar­i­ties, and deposits three hun­dred kilos of doc­u­ments at the coun­try’s high­est court.  Also, the French pres­i­dent, Emmanuel Macron, vis­its Moroc­co; we take a look at rela­tions between the two coun­tries, and why young French Africans


Why is Kenya sending an all women SWAT squad to Haiti? Focus on Africa Podcast

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Rus­si­a’s embassy in Sudan has said it is inves­ti­gat­ing reports that a car­go plane with Russ­ian crew was shot down in Dar­fur, a key bat­tle ground in the civ­il war between the army and the para­mil­i­tary Rapid Sup­port Forces.  Kenya’s all women SWAT squad heads to Haiti And will the jun­ta in Gabon step aside once


William Ruto ‘confident’ in police deploying to Haiti — BBC Africa

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The Kenya gov­ern­ment will send close to 1,000 peace­keep­ing police offi­cers under a UN mis­sion to Haiti, aimed at help­ing the coun­try’s tran­si­tion­al author­i­ties restore order. For weeks, gangs in Haiti had been car­ry­ing out dead­ly co-ordi­­nat­ed attacks, demand­ing the res­ig­na­tion of the then Prime Min­is­ter Ariel Hen­ry. He agreed to step down in March.


MAYOR ON THE FRONT LINE: Democracy in Crisis — #BBCAfricaEye #IWD2024 #Shorts

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đŸŽ„ Watch the doc­u­men­tary “May­or on the Front Line: Democ­ra­cy in Cri­sis” from #BBCAfrica­Eye here: https://youtu.be/8_fwvmKNCNo Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twit­ter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Insta­gram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Francis Ngannou is ‘like a king’ in Cameroon — BBC Africa

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The much-antic­i­­pat­ed box­ing match between MMA super­star Fran­cis Ngan­nou and for­mer world heavy­weight cham­pi­on Antho­ny Joshua, already attract­ing a surge in online search traf­fic. Ahead of the clash, we vis­it­ed Ngannou’s home­town of BatiĂ© in Cameroon to find out more about this “cham­pi­on of cham­pi­ons”, dis­cov­er­ing that he used to be a sand min­er and


Afcon celebrations continue in Ivory Coast — BBC Africa

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If you thought #AFCON2023 cel­e­bra­tions were over, think again! đŸ„… ⚜ 🎉 🇹🇼 Ivo­rians are still cel­e­brat­ing their third Afcon tro­phy, hav­ing matched Nige­ri­a’s 🇳🇬 record of three titles. The mood is jubi­lant in the streets of #Abid­jan, as large crowds wel­come home their nation­al team. đŸ† #Afcon #Afcon­Cham­pi­ons #TheEle­phants #IvoryCoast #Foot­ball #Afcon2023 Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa


The president who vowed not to overstay — BBC Africa

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“The pres­i­dent can­not extend his term of office, not even by one day”. These were the words of Sene­gal’s pres­i­dent, Macky Sall before his elec­tion in 2012, but has he gone back on his word?  Sene­gal is in polit­i­cal tur­moil since its leader post­poned the Feb­ru­ary 2024 elec­tions, with crit­ics say­ing the move is just anoth­er way


Haiti crisis: Will Kenya overcome the ghosts of Brazil’s mission? BBC Africa

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Kenya is deploy­ing a force of 1,000 police offi­cers to Haiti to fight crim­i­nal gangs that have tak­en con­trol of Haiti’s cap­i­tal, Port-au-Prince. How­ev­er, Kenya is not the first for­eign inter­ven­tion in Haiti; Brazil led a mis­sion from 2004 to 2016, with a mixed out­come. But can Kenya suc­ceed where oth­ers have failed? And what


African students loved living in Sudan but war forced them to flee — BBC Africa

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African stu­dents in Sudan share the real­i­ties of find­ing them­selves in a war zone, after mov­ing to the coun­try for a new chap­ter and edu­ca­tion. “Just imag­ine wak­ing up the morn­ing with bomb blasts.” “Very, very, very scary,” says Fauziya Idris Safiyo. #sudan #sudan­war #bbcafrica Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twit­ter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Insta­gram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/