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As the world woke up in a new papal era, the Catholic faithful across Africa joyfully welcomed the election of Leo XIV. We unlock the African perspective with Father Henry Chukwujekwu from the Diocese of Nnewi in Nigeria, now serving a mission in France.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #PopeLeoXIV #Uganda #childbirth #children #Health
Eye on Africa - What will Pope Leo XIV mean for Africa?

#africa #health #uganda #children #childbirth #eyeonafrica

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2025-05-02

Lagos meets Paris. From May 7 to 11, The NollywoodWeek Film Festival is back in the French capital for its 2025 edition. This year, the festival is under the patronage of acclaimed actress and activist Aïssa Maïga. She joins our programme to talk about the festival's programme and the ongoing development of the African film industry. She also talks about her next film, "Promised Sky", which will open the "Un Certain regard" section at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #culture #Nigeria #Paris #CannesFilmFestival #festivals #cinema
Eye on Africa - Lights, camera, Africa: Acclaimed actress Aïssa Maïga on the festival circuit

#africa #culture #paris #cinema #nigeria #cannesfilmfestival

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2025-04-26

April 25 marks World Malaria Day, a time to draw attention to one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases. While significant strides have been made in prevention and treatment, malaria still claims hundreds of thousands of lives annually, with Africa bearing the brunt. In 2023 alone, the mosquito-borne illness killed nearly 600,000 people. Joining us now to discuss this is Dr. Michael Adekunle Charles, CEO of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria — welcome to the program.#EYEONAFRICA #malaria #diseases #Health #Africa
600 people killed and 263 million cases in 2023 of Malaria

#africa #health #diseases #malaria #eyeonafrica

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2025-04-22

In tonight's edition: Worshippers across the continent are paying their respects to Pope Francis, who died on Monday. Also, Ghana's chief justice has been suspended – a first since the country returned to democratic rule in 1992. Plus the FEMUA music festival wraps up in Ivory Coast.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #PopeFrancis
Eye on Africa - Africans remember Pope Francis' message of peace

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2025-04-17

Sudan on Tuesday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile violence continues and clashes erupted in the city El-Fasher. At least 57 civilians were killed in just one day. Jens Laerke, deputy spokesperson the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs gave us the latest on the humanitarian situation.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Sudan #humanitarianaid #Niger #Nigeria #art #autism
Eye on Africa - Sudan faces world's worst displacement crisis as country enters third year of war

#art #africa #sudan #nigeria #niger #autism

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2025-04-16

Ghana has given foreign traders until May 1 to quit its gold trading market, paving the way for a new government-controlled body to have a monopoly on buying and selling the metal. The announcement came in the same week that authorities rejected an application by one of the world's biggest gold miners, Gold Fields, to renew its mining licence.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Ghana #gold
Eye on Africa - Ghana bans foreigners from its gold trading market

#africa #ghana #gold #eyeonafrica

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2025-04-14

Violence intensified in Sudan over the weekend. Since the regular army took control of the capital Khartoum last month, paramilitary forces have stepped up attacks on refugee camps around the Darfur city of El Fasher, including Zamzam camp. Home to more than half a million refugees, it has been the scene of heavy shelling and gunfire over the past two days.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Sudan #Darfur #Refugees
Eye on Africa - Sudan's RSF claim control of Zamzam refugee camp in Darfur

#africa #sudan #darfur #refugees #eyeonafrica

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2025-04-01

A Nigerian human rights and environmental NGO has filed a lawsuit in the Lagos High Court to stop Shell from selling its Nigerian assets to a local oil and gas company. HEDA says Shell is responsible for 35 percent of Nigeria's oil spills and accuses the oil multinational of structuring the $2.4 billion deal to avoid responsibility for its long history of pollution.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Nigeria #Shell #pollution #Oilspill #Oilandgasindustry #Environment
Eye on Africa - Nigeria: Shell, Renaissance to face legal action over mining licence transfer deal

#africa #environment #pollution #nigeria #shell #oilspill

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2025-03-28

Qatar has hosted a second round of talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Qatari mediators also met separately with representatives of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met last week in Doha for their first talks since M23 stepped up an offensive in the eastern region.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Rwanda #M23rebels #SouthSudan #Lesotho #SierraLeone #Environment #Ramadan #Tunisia #Algeria #Morocco
Eye on Africa - Rwanda and DRC officials sit down for second round of talks as M23 meets mediators

#africa #environment #algeria #rwanda #morocco #sierraleone

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2025-03-13

Southern African countries are to pull their peacekeepers out of DRC-Congo. the troops were sent to help Kinshasa rein in the M23 rebels, but they still seized eastern towns in a lightning offensive this year. Angola says direct peace talks are on the horizon.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Kenya #SouthAfrica
Eye on Africa - SADC ends military mission in DR Congo

#africa #southafrica #kenya #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-03-10

Tensions are escalating in Kenya over President William Ruto's hefty church donations, with protests erupting over the weekend amid a national debate about the appropriateness of mixing political influence and religious funding amid a cost of living crisis.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Ghana #Sudan

Eye on Africa - Kenya: church ...

#africa #drcongo #eyeonafrica #ghana #sudan

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2025-03-10

Tensions are escalating in Kenya over President William Ruto's hefty church donations, with protests erupting over the weekend amid a national debate about the appropriateness of mixing political influence and religious funding amid a cost of living crisis.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Ghana #Sudan
Eye on Africa - Kenya: church donations spark kenyan clashes

#africa #ghana #sudan #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-03-05

South Africa has also been racing to pivot its HIV treatment plans in the wake of the US withdrawal of global aid. Determined not to be undercut by Trump and to keep its hands on the tiller, the Department of Health has set its sights on increasing the number of people on treatment by one million by the end of the year.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Sudan #SouthAfrica #Zimbabwe
Eye on Africa - US shutdown of HIV/aids funding : cuts send HIV treatment "off a cliff"

#africa #southafrica #sudan #zimbabwe #eyeonafrica

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2025-03-04

The use of rape as a weapon of war has been uncovered in the midst of a major conflict. Investigators for the UN children's agency say hundreds of little girls and boys, some not even a year old, more than a dozen under the age of five, have been horrifically sexually abused by armed men in Sudan's civil war. Both the army and RSF paramilitaries have been accused of the atrocities, adding a horrific new dimension to a brutal war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since April.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #CapeVerde #Chad
Eye on Africa - UN : Children raped as weapon of war

#africa #capeverde #drcongo #chad #eyeonafrica

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2025-03-03

MPs get $21,000 a month, soldiers $100. A new anti-corruption report says the Congolese 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 the east.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Togo
Eye on Africa - DRCongo public spending : report highlights systemic inequalities

#africa #togo #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-28

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.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #SouthSudan
Eye on Africa - UN says South Sudan leaders fuelling violence and instability

#africa #southsudan #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-26

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is in the Congolese capital and spoke to France 24.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Rwanda #Sudan (3/3)

Eye on Africa - DRCongo: Rwand...

#africa #drcongo #eyeonafrica #rwanda #sudan

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2025-02-26

Rwanda's foreign minister said his country was 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 DRC this year. Regional troops have backed the Congolese army with little success; South Africa completed the evacuation of 127 wounded soldiers from the front line on Wednesday. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is in the Congolese capital and spoke to France 24.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Rwanda #Sudan
Eye on Africa - DRCongo: Rwanda not afraid of diplomatic pressure, says foreign minister

#africa #sudan #rwanda #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-25

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 rural communities band together to solve problems.#EyeonAfrica #DRCongo
Eye on Africa - ICC prosecutor arrives in DR Congo amid conflict in the east

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2025-02-25

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.#EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Sudan #Eritrea
Eye on Africa - M23 rebels claim thousands of surrendered Congolese soldiers enter into "ideological retraining"

#eritrea #sudan #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-21

In tonight's edition: Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is charged with treason. Also, we talk to South Africa Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube. And artists are paying tribute to the work of Ivorian Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, who invented a syllabary for the Bété's people's language.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Uganda #justice
Eye on Africa - Uganda moves opposition figure Besigye's treason trial to civil court

#africa #uganda #justice #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-20

In tonight's edition, a page has turned in Franco-Ivorian military relations, as France hands over the keys to its sole military base in Côte d'Ivoire. Located near Abidjan airport, French forces have occupied the base for 47 years. Military relations are to remain strong between the two countries, but under a new form.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #IvoryCoast #BurkinaFaso
Eye on Africa - France leaves last remaining military base in Ivory Coast

#africa #burkinafaso #ivorycoast #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-19

In tonight's edition: Sudan condemns Kenya for hosting the war-torn country's paramilitary rebels. Also, the M23 continues its advance in eastern DR Congo, with fighting reported around the town of Uvira. Plus, Malian director Souleymane Cissé, one of the fathers of African cinema, dies aged 84.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Sudan #Kenya
Eye on Africa - Kenya slammed for hosting Sudan rebels' government declaration

#africa #sudan #kenya #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-18

In Sudan, recent violence has left more than 200 civilians dead. The latest attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took place over three days in a cluster of southern villages. Meanwhile, some senior RSF leaders were in Kenya to announce plans to form a "government of different political parties in areas still under its control".#Africa #EyeonAfrica #Sudan #Kenya
Eye on Africa - Sudan's RSF and affiliated groups meet in Kenya to form unity government

#africa #sudan #kenya #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-17

An imam and religious scholar who inspired many with his reconciliation of faith and sexuality is gunned down in South Africa. Police are still searching for Muhsin Hendricks' killer.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #SouthAfrica #Ghana
Eye on Africa - South Africa : openly gay imam shot dead

#africa #ghana #southafrica #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-14

In tonight's edition: Nearly three weeks on from their seizure of Goma, M23 rebels continue their advance to the Congolese city of Bukavu. The conflict is high on the agenda for the African Union summit this weekend as the heads of 55 member states from across the continent gather in Addis Ababa. Plus: from invasive bugs to toxic pesticides, Kenya's roses are facing some thorny issues this Valentine's Day.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #M23rebels #DRCongo
Eye on Africa - Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern DR Congo's second major city of Bukavu

#africa #drcongo #m23rebels #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-13

In tonight's edition : thousands of protesters in Nigeria and dozens in the UK turn out to protest against energy giant Shell at the start of a landmark case brought by communities whose livelihoods have been devastated by decades of oil spills. #Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #Nigeria
Eye on Africa - Hearing kicks off over Shell Niger Delta activity: plantiffs sue for oils spills

#africa #nigeria #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-12

In tonight's edition, regional tensions continue to rise as M23 rebels continue their advance through eastern DR Congo. Thousands have been killed since the Rwandan-backed rebels stepped up their offensive by capturing Goma in North Kivu. Kinshasa has called for another emergency meeting of the Southern and East African regional blocs over the crisis.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #IvoryCoast #DRCongo
Eye on Africa - South African troops in DR Congo : 14 troops killed by M23 late january

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2025-02-11

In tonight's edition : fighting erupts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a brief lull in the conflict and a call for a ceasefire by African leaders.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #SierraLeone #Kenya
Eye on Africa - DR Congo fighting : M23 move closer to Bukavu

#africa #kenya #sierraleone #drcongo #eyeonafrica

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2025-02-06

Thousands of people gathered in Goma to hear from the leader of the M23 rebels, the group behind the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Corneille Nangaa called a minute's silence for victims of his fighters' takeover of the city, before warning of more unrest and vowing to drive out the government.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #DRCongo #SierraLeone #climatechange #Environment #Nigeria #lithium #mining #M23rebels
Eye on Africa - M23 leader vows to push on in Democratic Republic of Congo

#africa #environment #climatechange #nigeria #mining #sierraleone