Eye on Africa

Mar 07 2025 24 ep. 13 mins 201
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Join Georja Calvin-Smith for news, voices and stories from across Africa and the Maghreb, with FRANCE 24’s correspondents and our guests on set. From Monday to Friday at 9:45pm Paris time.

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US pulls out of energy partnership with South Africa

Mar 07 2025 16 mins  
The United States is no longer part of a climate agreement that should have helped South Africa to switch from coal to green energy. Also, Rwanda faces recurring accusations of exploiting neighbouring DR Congo’s natural resources. And Africa has the highest rate of female entrepreneurial activity in the world, but many obstacles continue to hold women back.

Sudan files case against UAE at top UN court over 'complicity in genocide'

Mar 06 2025 14 mins  
In tonight's edition, as Sudan's war deepens, the army takes the UAE to court, accusing it of breaching the genocide convention by funding the paramilitary RSF. Also, the WFP warns that millions in Somalia are going hungry because of the fallout from a deadly combo of drought, conflict and rising prices. And In Tunisia, a new law on cheques is proving to be divisive.

US AIDS funding cuts send HIV treatment ‘off a cliff’ in South Africa

Mar 05 2025 14 mins  
South Africa has been racing to pivot its HIV treatment plans following the withdrawal of US aid globally. Determined to keep its hands on the tiller, the Department of Health is aiming to increase the number of people treated by one million by the end of the year.

UN says children raped as weapon of war in Sudan

Mar 04 2025 12 mins  
The use of rape as a weapon of war has once again been uncovered in the midst of a major conflict. Investigators for the UN children's agency UNICEF say hundreds of little girls and boys, some not even a year old and more than a dozen under the age of five, have been sexually abused by armed men in Sudan's civil war. Both the army and RSF paramilitaries have been accused of the atr

Report highlights systemic inequalities in DR Congo's public spending

Mar 03 2025 13 mins  
Congolese MPs receive around $21,000 a month, soldiers just $100. A new anti-corruption report says the government's overspending is allowing the elite to benefit while other vital areas suffer from underfunding; not least the underpaid troops facing a rebel takeover in eastern DR Congo.

UN says South Sudan leaders fuelling violence and instability

Feb 28 2025 13 mins  
In tonight's edition: South Sudan's leaders are fueling violence and instability in the young nation, a United Nations report says. Also, after recent promises of job opportunities in Spain, thousands of Gambians rush to apply for a job in the European country. Plus King Mohammed VI urges Moroccans not to perform the Muslim rite of slaughtering sheep during Eid al-Adha this year.

DR Congo: Rwanda not afraid of diplomatic pressure, foreign minister says

Feb 26 2025 15 mins  
Rwanda's foreign minister says his country is not afraid of mounting diplomatic pressure over its role in the advance of M23 rebels through neighbouring DR Congo. The UK is suspending aid to Rwanda over its support for the rebels and Kinshasa is lobbying partners to stop backing Kigali. More than 7,000 people have been killed since the militia began seizing towns in eastern DR Cong

ICC prosecutor visits DR Congo amid conflict in east

Feb 25 2025 12 mins  
In tonight's edition: The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court lands in the Congolese capital Kinshasa as communities upended by the M23 rebel takeover try to reintroduce some normality into their lives. Also, MSF aid teams say they've been forced to stop work in Zamzam, the famine-struck north Darfur displacement camp in Sudan. Finally, in Madagascar, local radio helps

M23 rebels claim to be conscripting Congolese soldiers who have surrendered

Feb 24 2025 12 mins  
Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DR Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory there this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be conscripting thousands of Congolese soldiers who have surrendered to their onslaught.

Uganda moves opposition figure Besigye's treason trial to civil court

Feb 21 2025 13 mins  
In tonight's edition: Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is charged with treason. Also, we talk to South Africa Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube about the importance of mother tongue teaching. And 10 years after his death, artists are paying tribute to the work of Ivorian Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, who invented a syllabary for the Bété's people's language.