Jacob Zuma survives impeachment
In tonight's show: Jacob Zuma survives impeachment, the ICC throws out charges against William Ruto and Timbuktu manuscripts are returned to Spain.
View ArticleUhuru Kenyatta speaks to FRANCE 24
Uhuru Kenyatta speaks to FRANCE 24 and maintains his call for a pullout from the ICC. In Chad, 14 candidates are battling for the presidency. And Cape Verde singer Elida Almeida starts her tour of the...
View ArticleCalls to end the 'code of silence': French MP faces sex harassment probe
In this edition, the corridors of power here in France are rocked once again by accusations of sexual harassment directed towards a leading politician. We also talk to American author and journalist,...
View ArticleUganda: Opposition leader in court on treason charges
In Uganda, opposition leader Kizza Besigye has again appeared in court charged with treason. The UN is to send more peacekeepers to Mali after a series of deadly attacks on its personnel. And FRANCE 24...
View ArticleDRC elections: Kabila says poll will go ahead
In DR Congo, President Kabila addresses the nation ahead of independence day. He says planned elections will go ahead. Also, FRANCE 24 reports from Libya, where fighters from the city of Misrata are...
View ArticleLiberia UNMIL mission: Peacekeepers prepare to hand over to government
After 13 years in Liberia, UN peacekeepers are pulling out, handing back control to the national army and police. Also, in Zambia, there are fears over press freedom, after authorities there moved to...
View ArticleLiberia UNMIL mission: UN hands control of security back to government
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf leads the celebrations with control of security in Liberia back in the government's hands for the first time in 13 years. In Kenya, a first wave of Somali refugees...
View ArticleUganda: Israel's Netanyahu begins landmark Africa trip
Benjamin Netanyahu remembers the raid on the Ugandan airport which claimed his brother's life, this as he kicks off an African tour. In Kenya, protesters take to the streets of Nairobi in the wake of...
View ArticleNigeria: UN says Boko Haram conflict leaves 50,000 children at risk of...
The UN issues a warning over the humanitarian situation in parts of northern Nigeria recently freed from Boko Haram militants. Also, our reporter gains rare access to the iconic Malian city of...
View ArticleRwanda genocide trial: Mayors given life sentences by French court
Two former Rwandan mayors have been found guilty of crimes against humanity by a Paris court. They are handed life sentences over their role in the 1994 genocide. In Rwanda, Israeli PM Benjamin...
View ArticleNetanyahu's Africa tour: Israel wins Ethiopian support for AU 'observer' role
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu winds up his African tour in Ethiopia, where he wins backing for his push for observer status at the African Union. In Zimbabwe, organisers of a general strike...
View ArticleBoko Haram conflict leaves 50,000 children at risk of starvation according to...
The United Nations has sounded the alarm bell over a potentially catastrophic humanitarian situation in Nigeria's Borno State. It says some 50,000 children under the age of five could starve to death....
View ArticleSOUTH SUDAN: HEAVY GUNFIRE ERUPTS NEAR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN JUBA
In South Sudan, renewed gunfire has been reported around the presidential palace in capital city Juba a day after five soldiers are killed in a shootout. Independence anniversary celebrations are...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Many are too scared to go back home
After fighting in Juba sparked a mass exodus of foreigners and left hundreds dead earlier this month, those with no option but to stay put in the South Sudanese capital live in fear and uncertainty. In...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Prosecutors seek longer sentence for Oscar Pistorius
In South Africa, prosecutors still have Oscar Pistorius in their sights. The Paralympian was sentenced to more jail time for the murder of his girlfriend earlier this month, but some still feel that he...
View ArticleThe cost of putting motherhood on ice
We’re back with a brand new series of the 51 Percent and in this special edition we take a look at how the notion of parenthood is dramatically changing as women delay having children. We head to Spain...
View ArticleReclaiming their space
In this edition, how some courageous women in Pakistan are attempting to reclaim the public domain; far from an easy feat in a conservative Muslim country. Also, the woman who took on the Taliban. We...
View ArticleBrothers and sisters-in-arms
In this edition, we take a look at how Norway has introduced compulsory military service for women while even insisting on unisex dormitories in a move to decrease sexual harassment. Also we meet a...
View ArticleAn almost fatal attraction: The woman who lived to tell the tale of life...
In this edition, the tale of a young Belgian woman who went to live in Syria under the Islamic State group and returned. She now warns others of the dangers of radical Islam. We also talk to Amelie...
View ArticleThe Trump effect: Sexism scandals put gender on the map in US election
In this edition, how Donald Trump's behaviour has made women's equality a hot button issue in the U.S. presidential election. We also speak about how the gender divide has become a gender schism in...
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